Chapter 3 of The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Quite so. There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic. Besides, I have always fancied surgery." She told briefly of her work. "Why, you are a famous person!" declared the athlete.
Chapter 3 of The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person trained to compete in sports
From this reading “"Why, you are a famous person!" declared the athlete.”
for a short time
From this reading “She told briefly of her work.”
characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality
From this reading “There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “"Why, you are a famous person!" declared the athlete.”
formed or conceived by the imagination
From this reading “Besides, I have always fancied surgery."”
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
From this reading “Besides, I have always fancied surgery."”
imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading “There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.”
at any time that; every time that
From this reading “There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Why, you are a famous person!" declared the athlete.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
a person trained to compete in sports
From this reading "Why, you are a famous person!" declared the athlete.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Besides, I have always fancied surgery."
for a short time
From this reading She told briefly of her work.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading "Why, you are a famous person!" declared the athlete.
characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading "Why, you are a famous person!" declared the athlete.
formed or conceived by the imagination
From this reading Besides, I have always fancied surgery."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Besides, I have always fancied surgery."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She told briefly of her work.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Besides, I have always fancied surgery."
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
a human being
From this reading "Why, you are a famous person!" declared the athlete.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading "Quite so.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She told briefly of her work.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Quite so.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
From this reading Besides, I have always fancied surgery."
imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Why, you are a famous person!" declared the athlete.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading She told briefly of her work.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
at any time that; every time that
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There must always be some one of our class to whom people can look, whenever they suspect that we are not democratic.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, you are a famous person!" declared the athlete.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading She told briefly of her work.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why, you are a famous person!" declared the athlete.
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