Chapter 1 of The Vatican swindle is here in full — 544 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Vatican swindle is here in full — 544 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Deservedly the book which made André Gide famous. It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_. _by Dorothy Bussy_ “_Pour ma part, mon choix est fait. J’ai opté pour l’athéisme social. Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
Chapter 1 of The Vatican swindle is here in full — 544 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
From this reading “It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.”
as deserved
From this reading ““Deservedly the book which made André Gide famous.”
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading “_by Dorothy Bussy_ “_Pour ma part, mon choix est fait.”
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
From this reading “It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.”
French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)
From this reading “It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.”
French author and dramatist who is regarded as the father of modern French literature (1869-1951)
From this reading ““Deservedly the book which made André Gide famous.”
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading “_by Dorothy Bussy_ “_Pour ma part, mon choix est fait.”
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
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In this reading “It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.”
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From this reading “Deservedly the book which made André Gide famous.
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From this reading Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “Deservedly the book which made André Gide famous.
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From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
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From this reading _by Dorothy Bussy_ “_Pour ma part, mon choix est fait.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _by Dorothy Bussy_ “_Pour ma part, mon choix est fait.
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From this reading Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
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study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
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From this reading Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
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From this reading Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
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From this reading Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
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From this reading Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
as deserved
From this reading “Deservedly the book which made André Gide famous.
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From this reading _by Dorothy Bussy_ “_Pour ma part, mon choix est fait.
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From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading _by Dorothy Bussy_ “_Pour ma part, mon choix est fait.
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From this reading Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
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From this reading _by Dorothy Bussy_ “_Pour ma part, mon choix est fait.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “Deservedly the book which made André Gide famous.
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
French author and dramatist who is regarded as the father of modern French literature (1869-1951)
From this reading “Deservedly the book which made André Gide famous.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
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From this reading J’ai opté pour l’athéisme social.
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From this reading Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
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From this reading Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
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From this reading J’ai opté pour l’athéisme social.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading _by Dorothy Bussy_ “_Pour ma part, mon choix est fait.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “Deservedly the book which made André Gide famous.
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading _by Dorothy Bussy_ “_Pour ma part, mon choix est fait.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
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From this reading J’ai opté pour l’athéisme social.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading _by Dorothy Bussy_ “_Pour ma part, mon choix est fait.
cause to run
From this reading _by Dorothy Bussy_ “_Pour ma part, mon choix est fait.
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From this reading Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading It is one of the great classics of French fiction since the death of Flaubert.”--Ernest Boyd in _The New Republic_.
relating to human society and its members
From this reading J’ai opté pour l’athéisme social.
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From this reading Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Deservedly the book which made André Gide famous.
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From this reading Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages_....”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Deservedly the book which made André Gide famous.
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