Chapter 26 of The British Jugernath is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of The British Jugernath is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PAGODA TREE. What has become of the Pagoda tree? Is it a myth? Did it ever exist? These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.
Chapter 26 of The British Jugernath is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “What has become of the Pagoda tree?”
at any time
From this reading “Did it ever exist?”
have an existence, be extant
From this reading “Did it ever exist?”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.”
a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
From this reading “Is it a myth?”
an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
From this reading “THE PAGODA TREE.”
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading “These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.”
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading “THE PAGODA TREE.”
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anew
In this reading “These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.”
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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 Is it a myth?
anew
From this reading These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading What has become of the Pagoda tree?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did it ever exist?
at any time
From this reading Did it ever exist?
have an existence, be extant
From this reading Did it ever exist?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What has become of the Pagoda tree?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is it a myth?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Is it a myth?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.
a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
From this reading Is it a myth?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What has become of the Pagoda tree?
above and across; more than
From this reading These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.
an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
From this reading THE PAGODA TREE.
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PAGODA TREE.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading THE PAGODA TREE.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What has become of the Pagoda tree?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading These are questions which you must have heard over and over again.
Chapter 26 of The British Jugernath by Guilford L. (Guilford Lindsey) Molesworth holds 70 sentences, grouped into 14 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 26 holds 70 sentences of The British Jugernath, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
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