Chapter 20 of Our Deportment is here in full — 495 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Our Deportment is here in full — 495 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Toilet Recipes. TO REMOVE FRECKLES. Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water. Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water. Elder flowers treated and applied exactly in the same manner as above.
Chapter 20 of Our Deportment is here in full — 495 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cleanse the entire body
From this reading “Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.”
injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
From this reading “Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.”
plural of “freckle” — a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
From this reading “TO REMOVE FRECKLES.”
the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking
From this reading “Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.”
plural of “recipe” — directions for making something
From this reading “Toilet Recipes.”
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading “TO REMOVE FRECKLES.”
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
From this reading “Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “Toilet Recipes.”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading Elder flowers treated and applied exactly in the same manner as above.
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles
From this reading Elder flowers treated and applied exactly in the same manner as above.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Elder flowers treated and applied exactly in the same manner as above.
cleanse the entire body
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
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From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
a person who is older than you are
From this reading Elder flowers treated and applied exactly in the same manner as above.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading Elder flowers treated and applied exactly in the same manner as above.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading Elder flowers treated and applied exactly in the same manner as above.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
plural of “freckle” — a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
From this reading TO REMOVE FRECKLES.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Elder flowers treated and applied exactly in the same manner as above.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Elder flowers treated and applied exactly in the same manner as above.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
plural of “recipe” — directions for making something
From this reading Toilet Recipes.
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading TO REMOVE FRECKLES.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Elder flowers treated and applied exactly in the same manner as above.
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO REMOVE FRECKLES.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading Toilet Recipes.
subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent
From this reading Elder flowers treated and applied exactly in the same manner as above.
clean with some chemical process
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Bruise and squeeze the juice out of common chick-weed, and to this juice add three times its quantity of soft water.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bathe the skin with this for five or ten minutes morning and evening, and wash afterwards with clean water.
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Chapter 20 holds 495 sentences of Our Deportment, unabridged, divided into 99 reading sections.
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