Chapter 3 of Old Friends: Essays in Epistolary Parody is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 3 of Old Friends: Essays in Epistolary Parody is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
P.S.—The Fredericks were in the bag, all told. IV. _From Mrs. Gamp to Mrs. Prig_. Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion. Todgers’s.
Chapter 3 of Old Friends: Essays in Epistolary Parody is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading “P.S.—The Fredericks were in the bag, all told.”
(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
From this reading “Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.”
plural of “frederick” — a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading “P.S.—The Fredericks were in the bag, all told.”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.”
colloquial terms for an umbrella
From this reading “_From Mrs. Gamp to Mrs. Prig_.”
plural of “nurse” — one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
From this reading “Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.”
a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
unusual or striking
From this reading “Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.”
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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 Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.
(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 P.S.—The Fredericks were in the bag, all told.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading P.S.—The Fredericks were in the bag, all told.
(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
From this reading Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.
plural of “frederick” — a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading P.S.—The Fredericks were in the bag, all told.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _From Mrs. Gamp to Mrs. Prig_.
colloquial terms for an umbrella
From this reading _From Mrs. Gamp to Mrs. Prig_.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading P.S.—The Fredericks were in the bag, all told.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading IV.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading _From Mrs. Gamp to Mrs. Prig_.
plural of “nurse” — one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
From this reading Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading P.S.—The Fredericks were in the bag, all told.
a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
From this reading _From Mrs. Gamp to Mrs. Prig_.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading P.S.—The Fredericks were in the bag, all told.
unusual or striking
From this reading Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading P.S.—The Fredericks were in the bag, all told.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _From Mrs. Gamp to Mrs. Prig_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Todgers’s.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading P.S.—The Fredericks were in the bag, all told.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading P.S.—The Fredericks were in the bag, all told.
which person or people
From this reading Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.
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