Chapter 25 of The American Union Speaker is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The American Union Speaker is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Frenchman. Ha! my friend! I have met one very strange name in my lesson. Vat you call H-o-u-g-h,--eh? Tutor.
Chapter 25 of The American Union Speaker is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Vat you call H-o-u-g-h,--eh?”
a person of French nationality
From this reading “Frenchman.”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “Ha! my friend!”
a unit of instruction
From this reading “I have met one very strange name in my lesson.”
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading “I have met one very strange name in my lesson.”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “I have met one very strange name in my lesson.”
be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction
From this reading “Tutor.”
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
From this reading “Vat you call H-o-u-g-h,--eh?”
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assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Vat you call H-o-u-g-h,--eh?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vat you call H-o-u-g-h,--eh?
a person of French nationality
From this reading Frenchman.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Ha! my friend!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vat you call H-o-u-g-h,--eh?
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading Ha! my friend!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have met one very strange name in my lesson.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have met one very strange name in my lesson.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have met one very strange name in my lesson.
a unit of instruction
From this reading I have met one very strange name in my lesson.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading I have met one very strange name in my lesson.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Ha! my friend!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I have met one very strange name in my lesson.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I have met one very strange name in my lesson.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading I have met one very strange name in my lesson.
be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction
From this reading Tutor.
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
From this reading Vat you call H-o-u-g-h,--eh?
precisely as stated
From this reading I have met one very strange name in my lesson.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Vat you call H-o-u-g-h,--eh?
Chapter 25 of The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick holds 450 sentences, grouped into 90 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 25 holds 450 sentences of The American Union Speaker, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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