Chapter 8 of Mr. World and Miss Church-Member is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Mr. World and Miss Church-Member is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE VALLEY OF TEMPTATION. 1. In this valley the two great Highways run almost parallel. 2. The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
Chapter 8 of Mr. World and Miss Church-Member is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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try to prevent; show opposition to
From this reading “The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.”
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
From this reading “The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.”
take or catch as if in a snare or trap
From this reading “The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.”
plural of “highway” — a major road for any form of motor transport
From this reading “In this valley the two great Highways run almost parallel.”
occurring or falling between events or points in time
From this reading “The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.”
something having the property of being analogous to something else
From this reading “In this valley the two great Highways run almost parallel.”
possessive form of “satan” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
plural of “scheme” — an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading “The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.”
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possessing life
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading In this valley the two great Highways run almost parallel.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
plural of “christian” — a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
try to prevent; show opposition to
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
take or catch as if in a snare or trap
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading In this valley the two great Highways run almost parallel.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
plural of “highway” — a major road for any form of motor transport
From this reading In this valley the two great Highways run almost parallel.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In this valley the two great Highways run almost parallel.
occurring or falling between events or points in time
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE VALLEY OF TEMPTATION.
something having the property of being analogous to something else
From this reading In this valley the two great Highways run almost parallel.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading In this valley the two great Highways run almost parallel.
possessive form of “satan” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
plural of “scheme” — an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
From this reading THE VALLEY OF TEMPTATION.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VALLEY OF TEMPTATION.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In this valley the two great Highways run almost parallel.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading In this valley the two great Highways run almost parallel.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading THE VALLEY OF TEMPTATION.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The intervening ground is all alive with Satan’s schemes to entice, entrap and discourage Christians.
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