Chapter 7 of The White Christmas and other Merry is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 7 of The White Christmas and other Merry is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. MULLIGAN. Is he now? The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge. MRS.
Chapter 7 of The White Christmas and other Merry is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading “The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.”
a person who likes to join groups
From this reading “The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.”
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading “The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.”
be a lodger; stay temporarily
From this reading “The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “MRS.”
Irish version of burgoo
From this reading “MULLIGAN.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.”
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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 The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Is he now?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is he now?
a person who likes to join groups
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
be a lodger; stay temporarily
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
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From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
a form of address for a man
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
Irish version of burgoo
From this reading MULLIGAN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
not any; not one
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Is he now?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
up to a particular time
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The late Mr. Mulligan was niver much of a lodge joiner but that made no difference to him; he niver came home till marnin', lodge or no lodge.
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