Chapter 14 of Olla Podrida is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 14 of Olla Podrida is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Barnstaple_. Have you had a serious illness? _Ansard_. Never complained even of a headache. _Barnstaple_.
Chapter 14 of Olla Podrida is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “complain” — express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
From this reading “Never complained even of a headache.”
divisible by two
From this reading “Never complained even of a headache.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you had a serious illness?”
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading “Never complained even of a headache.”
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading “Have you had a serious illness?”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Never complained even of a headache.”
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading “Have you had a serious illness?”
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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 Have you had a serious illness?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ansard_.
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From this reading _Barnstaple_.
past form of “complain” — express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
From this reading Never complained even of a headache.
divisible by two
From this reading Never complained even of a headache.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Have you had a serious illness?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you had a serious illness?
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading Never complained even of a headache.
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading Have you had a serious illness?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never complained even of a headache.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Never complained even of a headache.
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading Have you had a serious illness?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you had a serious illness?
Chapter 14 of Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 14 holds 425 sentences of Olla Podrida, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 sentences, grouped into 85 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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