Chapter 1 of My New Curate is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of My New Curate is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It is all my own fault. I was too free with my tongue. I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest? He's independent of him." It was not grammatical, and it was not respectful.
Chapter 1 of My New Curate is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
From this reading “I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?”
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
From this reading “I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “It is all my own fault.”
of or pertaining to grammar
From this reading “It was not grammatical, and it was not respectful.”
free from external control and constraint
From this reading “He's independent of him."”
a local church community
From this reading “I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?”
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading “I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?”
full of or exhibiting respect
From this reading “It was not grammatical, and it was not respectful.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?
(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 It is all my own fault.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was not grammatical, and it was not respectful.
a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
From this reading I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
From this reading I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading It is all my own fault.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading I was too free with my tongue.
of or pertaining to grammar
From this reading It was not grammatical, and it was not respectful.
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From this reading He's independent of him."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He's independent of him."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was too free with my tongue.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?
free from external control and constraint
From this reading He's independent of him."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is all my own fault.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is all my own fault.
a particular point in time
From this reading I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It is all my own fault.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not grammatical, and it was not respectful.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?
have ownership or possession of
From this reading It is all my own fault.
a local church community
From this reading I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?
full of or exhibiting respect
From this reading It was not grammatical, and it was not respectful.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading I was too free with my tongue.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading I was too free with my tongue.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was too free with my tongue.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I said in a moment of bitterness: "What can a Bishop do with a parish priest?
in the company of; together with
From this reading I was too free with my tongue.
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