Chapter 20 of The Magic Cameo: A Love Story is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Magic Cameo: A Love Story is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HEATHERFORD FORTUNE GONE. “What do you mean by ‘great things’?” Philip smilingly questioned. “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.” “Do you think it the duty of every man to devote himself to some business or profession?”
Chapter 20 of The Magic Cameo: A Love Story is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “advantage” — the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
From this reading ““Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.””
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading ““Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.””
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
From this reading ““Do you think it the duty of every man to devote himself to some business or profession?””
past form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading ““Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.””
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “Philip smilingly questioned.”
the body of people in a learned occupation
From this reading ““Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.””
past form of “question” — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “Philip smilingly questioned.”
with smiles; in a smiling manner
From this reading “Philip smilingly questioned.”
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 ““What do you mean by ‘great things’?””
In this reading ““Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.””
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 record or narrative description of past events
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
plural of “advantage” — the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “What do you mean by ‘great things’?”
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
From this reading “Do you think it the duty of every man to devote himself to some business or profession?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do you mean by ‘great things’?”
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading “Do you think it the duty of every man to devote himself to some business or profession?”
past form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Do you think it the duty of every man to devote himself to some business or profession?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading THE HEATHERFORD FORTUNE GONE.
destroyed or killed
From this reading THE HEATHERFORD FORTUNE GONE.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “What do you mean by ‘great things’?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
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From this reading THE HEATHERFORD FORTUNE GONE.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Do you think it the duty of every man to devote himself to some business or profession?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Do you think it the duty of every man to devote himself to some business or profession?”
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Do you think it the duty of every man to devote himself to some business or profession?”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “What do you mean by ‘great things’?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Do you think it the duty of every man to devote himself to some business or profession?”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading Philip smilingly questioned.
the body of people in a learned occupation
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
past form of “question” — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading Philip smilingly questioned.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
with smiles; in a smiling manner
From this reading Philip smilingly questioned.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HEATHERFORD FORTUNE GONE.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “What do you mean by ‘great things’?”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Do you think it the duty of every man to devote himself to some business or profession?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What do you mean by ‘great things’?”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What do you mean by ‘great things’?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Oh, that in return for the advantages you have enjoyed you will choose some business or profession and turn your knowledge to good account.”
Chapter 20 of The Magic Cameo: A Love Story by Georgie, Mrs. Sheldon holds 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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 20 holds 103 sentences of The Magic Cameo: A Love Story, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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