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Chapter 3 of Mr. World and Miss Church-Member is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE DEVIL’S OPTICAL COLLEGE. 1. The college described. 2. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
Chapter 3 of Mr. World and Miss Church-Member is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
From this reading “The college described.”
possessive form of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
past form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading “Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.”
plural of “lens” — a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
From this reading “Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.”
of or relating to or involving light or optics
From this reading “THE DEVIL’S OPTICAL COLLEGE.”
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading “Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.”
inflected form of “supply” — give something useful or necessary to
From this reading “Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.”
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
From this reading “Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.”
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From this reading 1.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
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From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading THE DEVIL’S OPTICAL COLLEGE.
represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
From this reading The college described.
possessive form of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading THE DEVIL’S OPTICAL COLLEGE.
past form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
plural of “lens” — a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
of or relating to or involving light or optics
From this reading THE DEVIL’S OPTICAL COLLEGE.
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
inflected form of “supply” — give something useful or necessary to
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DEVIL’S OPTICAL COLLEGE.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
a vivid mental image
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Mr. World and Miss Church-Member have their eyes examined, and Miss Church-Member is supplied with lenses which warp her spiritual vision.
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