Chapter 4 of Our Deportment is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Our Deportment is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Etiquette of Calls. There are calls of ceremony, of condolence, of congratulation and of friendship. All but the latter are usually of short duration. The call of friendship is usually of less formality and may be of some length. MORNING CALLS.
Chapter 4 of Our Deportment is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading “Etiquette of Calls.”
a formal event performed on a special occasion
From this reading “There are calls of ceremony, of condolence, of congratulation and of friendship.”
an expression of sympathy with another's grief
From this reading “There are calls of ceremony, of condolence, of congratulation and of friendship.”
the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
From this reading “There are calls of ceremony, of condolence, of congratulation and of friendship.”
the period of time during which something continues
From this reading “All but the latter are usually of short duration.”
rules governing socially acceptable behavior
From this reading “Etiquette of Calls.”
a requirement of etiquette or custom
From this reading “The call of friendship is usually of less formality and may be of some length.”
the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading “There are calls of ceremony, of condolence, of congratulation and of friendship.”
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(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 All but the latter are usually of short duration.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There are calls of ceremony, of condolence, of congratulation and of friendship.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are calls of ceremony, of condolence, of congratulation and of friendship.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The call of friendship is usually of less formality and may be of some length.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All but the latter are usually of short duration.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The call of friendship is usually of less formality and may be of some length.
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading Etiquette of Calls.
a formal event performed on a special occasion
From this reading There are calls of ceremony, of condolence, of congratulation and of friendship.
an expression of sympathy with another's grief
From this reading There are calls of ceremony, of condolence, of congratulation and of friendship.
the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
From this reading There are calls of ceremony, of condolence, of congratulation and of friendship.
the period of time during which something continues
From this reading All but the latter are usually of short duration.
rules governing socially acceptable behavior
From this reading Etiquette of Calls.
a requirement of etiquette or custom
From this reading The call of friendship is usually of less formality and may be of some length.
the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading There are calls of ceremony, of condolence, of congratulation and of friendship.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The call of friendship is usually of less formality and may be of some length.
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
From this reading All but the latter are usually of short duration.
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading The call of friendship is usually of less formality and may be of some length.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading The call of friendship is usually of less formality and may be of some length.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The call of friendship is usually of less formality and may be of some length.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading MORNING CALLS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Etiquette of Calls.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading All but the latter are usually of short duration.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The call of friendship is usually of less formality and may be of some length.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All but the latter are usually of short duration.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are calls of ceremony, of condolence, of congratulation and of friendship.
under normal conditions
From this reading All but the latter are usually of short duration.
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