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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 24 of The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of is here in full — 1157 sentences across 232 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes; I was trying to read it; I intend to read it." "Oh, we have had it! It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage. Everybody has read it; that is, I don't know that anybody has read it, but everybody has been talking about it. Of course somebody must have read it, to set the thing agoing.
Chapter 24 of The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of is here in full — 1157 sentences across 232 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “Everybody has read it; that is, I don't know that anybody has read it, but everybody has been talking about it.”
every person
From this reading “Everybody has read it; that is, I don't know that anybody has read it, but everybody has been talking about it.”
have in mind as a purpose
From this reading “"Yes; I was trying to read it; I intend to read it."”
the time that has elapsed
From this reading “It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.”
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Of course somebody must have read it, to set the thing agoing.”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “Everybody has read it; that is, I don't know that anybody has read it, but everybody has been talking about it.”
hard to endure
From this reading “"Yes; I was trying to read it; I intend to read it."”
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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 It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Everybody has read it; that is, I don't know that anybody has read it, but everybody has been talking about it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Of course somebody must have read it, to set the thing agoing.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.
any person at all
From this reading Everybody has read it; that is, I don't know that anybody has read it, but everybody has been talking about it.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Of course somebody must have read it, to set the thing agoing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Everybody has read it; that is, I don't know that anybody has read it, but everybody has been talking about it.
every person
From this reading Everybody has read it; that is, I don't know that anybody has read it, but everybody has been talking about it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Oh, we have had it!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh, we have had it!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes; I was trying to read it; I intend to read it."
have in mind as a purpose
From this reading "Yes; I was trying to read it; I intend to read it."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everybody has read it; that is, I don't know that anybody has read it, but everybody has been talking about it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Yes; I was trying to read it; I intend to read it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Everybody has read it; that is, I don't know that anybody has read it, but everybody has been talking about it.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Of course somebody must have read it, to set the thing agoing.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course somebody must have read it, to set the thing agoing.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, we have had it!
the time that has elapsed
From this reading It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading "Yes; I was trying to read it; I intend to read it."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Of course somebody must have read it, to set the thing agoing.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Of course somebody must have read it, to set the thing agoing.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading Everybody has read it; that is, I don't know that anybody has read it, but everybody has been talking about it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Everybody has read it; that is, I don't know that anybody has read it, but everybody has been talking about it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It's a little past now, but it has been all the rage.
a special situation
From this reading Of course somebody must have read it, to set the thing agoing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Yes; I was trying to read it; I intend to read it."
hard to endure
From this reading "Yes; I was trying to read it; I intend to read it."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Yes; I was trying to read it; I intend to read it."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Oh, we have had it!
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes; I was trying to read it; I intend to read it."
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