Chapter 9 of The Lock and Key Library — American is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Lock and Key Library — American is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Greeting to RICHARD WARREN. “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American. She is not so thoughtless. Before she goes, she shall be, Oh so very rich! and the dear Senor shall be, Oh so very safe! The Archbishop and the kind Church hate murderers.
Chapter 9 of The Lock and Key Library — American is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a bishop of highest rank
From this reading “The Archbishop and the kind Church hate murderers.”
an unjust act
From this reading ““The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.”
plural of “murderer” — a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading “The Archbishop and the kind Church hate murderers.”
the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
From this reading ““The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.”
a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English “Mr” or “sir”
From this reading ““The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.”
a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
From this reading ““The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.”
showing lack of careful thought
From this reading “She is not so thoughtless.”
United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
From this reading ““Greeting to RICHARD WARREN.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
a bishop of highest rank
From this reading The Archbishop and the kind Church hate murderers.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Before she goes, she shall be, Oh so very rich! and the dear Senor shall be, Oh so very safe!
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before she goes, she shall be, Oh so very rich! and the dear Senor shall be, Oh so very safe!
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading The Archbishop and the kind Church hate murderers.
dearly loved
From this reading Before she goes, she shall be, Oh so very rich! and the dear Senor shall be, Oh so very safe!
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading Before she goes, she shall be, Oh so very rich! and the dear Senor shall be, Oh so very safe!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading “Greeting to RICHARD WARREN.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading The Archbishop and the kind Church hate murderers.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
an unjust act
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is not so thoughtless.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading The Archbishop and the kind Church hate murderers.
go away from a place
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
plural of “murderer” — a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading The Archbishop and the kind Church hate murderers.
the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She is not so thoughtless.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Before she goes, she shall be, Oh so very rich! and the dear Senor shall be, Oh so very safe!
possessing material wealth
From this reading Before she goes, she shall be, Oh so very rich! and the dear Senor shall be, Oh so very safe!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Greeting to RICHARD WARREN.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading Before she goes, she shall be, Oh so very rich! and the dear Senor shall be, Oh so very safe!
a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English “Mr” or “sir”
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Before she goes, she shall be, Oh so very rich! and the dear Senor shall be, Oh so very safe!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She is not so thoughtless.
a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
showing lack of careful thought
From this reading She is not so thoughtless.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Greeting to RICHARD WARREN.
precisely as stated
From this reading Before she goes, she shall be, Oh so very rich! and the dear Senor shall be, Oh so very safe!
United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
From this reading “Greeting to RICHARD WARREN.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American.
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