Chapter 8 of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 15 is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 15 is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MARY. My father is dead. O Will, where have you been? BRODIE. Your father is dead.
Chapter 8 of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 15 is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “O Will, where have you been?”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “My father is dead.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “My father is dead.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “O Will, where have you been?”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “MARY.”
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading O Will, where have you been?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BRODIE.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading My father is dead.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading My father is dead.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading O Will, where have you been?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My father is dead.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading MARY.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My father is dead.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O Will, where have you been?
in or at the place that
From this reading O Will, where have you been?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading O Will, where have you been?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O Will, where have you been?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your father is dead.
Chapter 8 of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 15 by Robert Louis Stevenson holds 375 sentences, grouped into 75 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 8 holds 375 sentences of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 15, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
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