Chapter 10 of Rose, Blanche, and Violet, Volume 2 (of 3) is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Rose, Blanche, and Violet, Volume 2 (of 3) is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ASTUTE MRS. VYNER. L'epoux retint cette leçon par cœur. Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant. LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
Chapter 10 of Rose, Blanche, and Violet, Volume 2 (of 3) is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
From this reading “THE ASTUTE MRS.”
fool or hoax
From this reading “Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.”
an asset of special worth or utility
From this reading “Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.”
United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)
From this reading “LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.”
(golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
From this reading “L'epoux retint cette leçon par cœur.”
a useful or valuable quality
From this reading “Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.”
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading “LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.”
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In this reading “Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.”
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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 LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
From this reading THE ASTUTE MRS.
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
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From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group
From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
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From this reading LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
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From this reading L'epoux retint cette leçon par cœur.
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From this reading LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
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From this reading L'epoux retint cette leçon par cœur.
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From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
fool or hoax
From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
an asset of special worth or utility
From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
set up or found
From this reading LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
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From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
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From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
a midwestern state in north-central United States
From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
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From this reading L'epoux retint cette leçon par cœur.
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From this reading LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
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From this reading L'epoux retint cette leçon par cœur.
United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)
From this reading LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading THE ASTUTE MRS.
a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
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From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
(golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
From this reading L'epoux retint cette leçon par cœur.
a useful or valuable quality
From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
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From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
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From this reading L'epoux retint cette leçon par cœur.
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ASTUTE MRS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LAFONTAINE.--_Contes._ On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil.
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From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
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From this reading Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant.
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From this reading VYNER.
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