Chapter 1 of The Dodge Club is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Dodge Club is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DICK MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT, AND BEGINS TO FEEL ENCOURAGED. ILLUSTRATIONS. Dick Thinks It Over. The Senator In A Bad Fix.--The Senator In A Worse Fix. _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
Chapter 1 of The Dodge Club is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a relation that provides the foundation for something
From this reading “_ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.”
inspired with confidence
From this reading “DICK MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT, AND BEGINS TO FEEL ENCOURAGED.”
a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
From this reading “_ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “ILLUSTRATIONS.”
United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971)
From this reading “_ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.”
belonging to or existing in times before recorded history
From this reading “_ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.”
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
From this reading “_ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.”
a member of a senate
From this reading “The Senator In A Bad Fix.--The Senator In A Worse Fix.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “_ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.”
a history of the ancient world
In this reading “_ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.”
In this reading “_ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.”
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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 The Senator In A Bad Fix.--The Senator In A Worse Fix.
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DICK MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT, AND BEGINS TO FEEL ENCOURAGED.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading DICK MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT, AND BEGINS TO FEEL ENCOURAGED.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading The Senator In A Bad Fix.--The Senator In A Worse Fix.
a relation that provides the foundation for something
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
plural of “begin” — Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
From this reading DICK MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT, AND BEGINS TO FEEL ENCOURAGED.
marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
someone who is a detective
From this reading DICK MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT, AND BEGINS TO FEEL ENCOURAGED.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading DICK MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT, AND BEGINS TO FEEL ENCOURAGED.
inspired with confidence
From this reading DICK MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT, AND BEGINS TO FEEL ENCOURAGED.
a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading DICK MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT, AND BEGINS TO FEEL ENCOURAGED.
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading The Senator In A Bad Fix.--The Senator In A Worse Fix.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading ILLUSTRATIONS.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Senator In A Bad Fix.--The Senator In A Worse Fix.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Dick Thinks It Over.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading DICK MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT, AND BEGINS TO FEEL ENCOURAGED.
United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971)
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
above and across; more than
From this reading Dick Thinks It Over.
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
belonging to or existing in times before recorded history
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
precisely, exactly
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
an educational institution
From this reading _ROME_.--_ANCIENT HISTORY_.--THE PREHISTORIC ERA.--CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF NIEBUHR AND HIS SCHOOL.--THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME PLACED ON A RIGHT BASIS.--EXPLANATION OF HISTORY OF REPUBLIC.
a member of a senate
From this reading The Senator In A Bad Fix.--The Senator In A Worse Fix.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Senator In A Bad Fix.--The Senator In A Worse Fix.
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading Dick Thinks It Over.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DICK MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT, AND BEGINS TO FEEL ENCOURAGED.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading The Senator In A Bad Fix.--The Senator In A Worse Fix.
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