Chapter 35 of The Mystery of Metropolisville is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXV
Chapter 35 of The Mystery of Metropolisville is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
UNBARRED. Lurton was gone six weeks. His letters to Charlton were not very hopeful. People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake. I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
Chapter 35 of The Mystery of Metropolisville is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading “People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.”
having or manifesting hope
From this reading “His letters to Charlton were not very hopeful.”
the literary culture
From this reading “His letters to Charlton were not very hopeful.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.”
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading “People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.”
with no problems or difficulties
From this reading “I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.”
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “Lurton was gone six weeks.”
produce a literary work
From this reading “I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.”
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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 People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His letters to Charlton were not very hopeful.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Lurton was gone six weeks.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His letters to Charlton were not very hopeful.
having or manifesting hope
From this reading His letters to Charlton were not very hopeful.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
the literary culture
From this reading His letters to Charlton were not very hopeful.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lurton was gone six weeks.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading His letters to Charlton were not very hopeful.
above and across; more than
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Lurton was gone six weeks.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.
with no problems or difficulties
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading People are slow to believe that a court has made a mistake.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His letters to Charlton were not very hopeful.
not firmly fastened or secured
From this reading UNBARRED.
precisely as stated
From this reading His letters to Charlton were not very hopeful.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lurton was gone six weeks.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Lurton was gone six weeks.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His letters to Charlton were not very hopeful.
which person or people
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
produce a literary work
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I who write and you who read get over six weeks as smoothly as we do over six days.
Chapter 35 of The Mystery of Metropolisville by Edward Eggleston holds 156 sentences, grouped into 32 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.
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