Chapter 7 of Modern Essays and Stories A book to awaken appreciation of modern prose is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 7 of Modern Essays and Stories A book to awaken appreciation of modern prose is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
13. What will do most to make immigrants into good Americans? 14. Explain how the _Sir Roger de Coverley Papers_ may be taught so that they will apply to the present as well as to the past. 15.
Chapter 7 of Modern Essays and Stories A book to awaken appreciation of modern prose is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “american” — a native or inhabitant of the United States
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put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
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make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “Explain how the _Sir Roger de Coverley Papers_ may be taught so that they will apply to the present as well as to the past.”
plural of “immigrant” — a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
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writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
the time that has elapsed
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give an exhibition of to an interested audience
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inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading “Explain how the _Sir Roger de Coverley Papers_ may be taught so that they will apply to the present as well as to the past.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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plural of “american” — a native or inhabitant of the United States
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put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
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used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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make plain and comprehensible
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having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
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plural of “immigrant” — a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
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moving to the inside of something
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engage in
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used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Explain how the _Sir Roger de Coverley Papers_ may be taught so that they will apply to the present as well as to the past.
used to form the superlative
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writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading Explain how the _Sir Roger de Coverley Papers_ may be taught so that they will apply to the present as well as to the past.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading Explain how the _Sir Roger de Coverley Papers_ may be taught so that they will apply to the present as well as to the past.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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term of address for a man
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for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Explain how the _Sir Roger de Coverley Papers_ may be taught so that they will apply to the present as well as to the past.
inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading Explain how the _Sir Roger de Coverley Papers_ may be taught so that they will apply to the present as well as to the past.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Explain how the _Sir Roger de Coverley Papers_ may be taught so that they will apply to the present as well as to the past.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
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used to ask for information about something
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used to talk about the future, or about willingness
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