Chapter 6 of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A Cyclone of Voices. “Open it! Open it! The Eighteen to the front! Committee on Propagation of the Tradition!
Chapter 6 of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a special group delegated to consider some matter
From this reading “Committee on Propagation of the Tradition!”
(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
From this reading “A Cyclone of Voices.”
being one more than seventeen
From this reading “The Eighteen to the front!”
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading “The Eighteen to the front!”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading ““Open it!”
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
From this reading “Committee on Propagation of the Tradition!”
an inherited pattern of thought or action
From this reading “Committee on Propagation of the Tradition!”
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “A Cyclone of Voices.”
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.
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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 A Cyclone of Voices.
a special group delegated to consider some matter
From this reading Committee on Propagation of the Tradition!
(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
From this reading A Cyclone of Voices.
being one more than seventeen
From this reading The Eighteen to the front!
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading The Eighteen to the front!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Open it!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Cyclone of Voices.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Committee on Propagation of the Tradition!
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “Open it!
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
From this reading Committee on Propagation of the Tradition!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Eighteen to the front!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Eighteen to the front!
an inherited pattern of thought or action
From this reading Committee on Propagation of the Tradition!
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading A Cyclone of Voices.
Chapter 6 of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other by Mark Twain holds 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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 6 holds 175 sentences of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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