Chapter 27 of The American Union Speaker is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of The American Union Speaker is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
114. LXXXVI. Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay. 118. LXXXVIII.
Chapter 27 of The American Union Speaker is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading “Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.”
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.”
an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon
From this reading “Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.”
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
From this reading “Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.”
high status importance owing to marked superiority
From this reading “Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.”
attach to a support
From this reading “Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.”
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.”
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading “Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.”
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From this reading 114.
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From this reading 118.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
high status importance owing to marked superiority
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
being six more than eighty
From this reading LXXXVI.
being eight more than eighty
From this reading LXXXVIII.
attach to a support
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading Mount Hope: a beautiful eminence of Bristol County, R. I., on the west shore of Mount Hope Bay.
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