Chapter 17 of Mendel: A Story of Youth is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Mendel: A Story of Youth is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them. It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
Chapter 17 of Mendel: A Story of Youth is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the quality of being indecent
From this reading “It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.”
seize on its way
From this reading “Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.”
a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high)
From this reading “Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.”
Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)
From this reading “Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.”
common to or shared by two or more parties
From this reading “It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.”
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
From this reading “It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.”
emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed
From this reading “It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.”
make visible
From this reading “It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.”
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(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
a state at a particular time
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
power to direct or determine
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
a flow of electricity through a conductor
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
the quality of being indecent
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
seize on its way
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high)
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
common to or shared by two or more parties
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
above and across; more than
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
make visible
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Sitting between Logan and Oliver, Mendel could almost intercept the current of feeling that ran between them.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It offended him as an indecency that they should have so little control over themselves as to reveal their condition of mutual obsession.
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