Chapter 16 of Margaret Capel: A Novel, Vol. 2 of 3 is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVI
Chapter 16 of Margaret Capel: A Novel, Vol. 2 of 3 is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Que es la vida? Un frenesi; Que es la vida? Una ilusion, Una sombra, una ficcion, Y el mayor bien es pequeño. Que toda la vida es sueño, Y los sueños, sueño son. LA VIDA ES SUEÑO, JORN.
Chapter 16 of Margaret Capel: A Novel, Vol. 2 of 3 is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the head of a city government
From this reading “Una ilusion, Una sombra, una ficcion, Y el mayor bien es pequeño.”
a male human offspring
From this reading “Que toda la vida es sueño, Y los sueños, sueño son.”
a member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India
From this reading “Que toda la vida es sueño, Y los sueños, sueño son.”
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From this reading Una ilusion, Una sombra, una ficcion, Y el mayor bien es pequeño.
angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
From this reading Una ilusion, Una sombra, una ficcion, Y el mayor bien es pequeño.
a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
From this reading Que es la vida?
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From this reading Una ilusion, Una sombra, una ficcion, Y el mayor bien es pequeño.
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From this reading Un frenesi; Que es la vida?
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From this reading Una ilusion, Una sombra, una ficcion, Y el mayor bien es pequeño.
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From this reading LA VIDA ES SUEÑO, JORN.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading Que es la vida?
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From this reading Que toda la vida es sueño, Y los sueños, sueño son.
the head of a city government
From this reading Una ilusion, Una sombra, una ficcion, Y el mayor bien es pequeño.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Una ilusion, Una sombra, una ficcion, Y el mayor bien es pequeño.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Que es la vida?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Una ilusion, Una sombra, una ficcion, Y el mayor bien es pequeño.
a male human offspring
From this reading Que toda la vida es sueño, Y los sueños, sueño son.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Que toda la vida es sueño, Y los sueños, sueño son.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Que toda la vida es sueño, Y los sueños, sueño son.
a member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India
From this reading Que toda la vida es sueño, Y los sueños, sueño son.
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
From this reading Un frenesi; Que es la vida?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Una ilusion, Una sombra, una ficcion, Y el mayor bien es pequeño.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Que es la vida?
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading Una ilusion, Una sombra, una ficcion, Y el mayor bien es pequeño.
Chapter 16 of Margaret Capel: A Novel, Vol. 2 of 3 by Ellen Wallace holds 87 sentences, grouped into 18 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 16 holds 87 sentences of Margaret Capel: A Novel, Vol. 2 of 3, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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