Chapter 6 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine — Volume I is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine — Volume I is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Non est vivere, sed valere, vita._ MART. Lib. vi. Ep, 70. 15. For life is not to live, but to be well.
Chapter 6 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine — Volume I is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading “_Non est vivere, sed valere, vita._ MART.”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “For life is not to live, but to be well.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “For life is not to live, but to be well.”
an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
From this reading “_Non est vivere, sed valere, vita._ MART.”
negation of a word or group of words
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “For life is not to live, but to be well.”
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From this reading 15.
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From this reading Ep, 70.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For life is not to live, but to be well.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading For life is not to live, but to be well.
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From this reading Ep, 70.
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading _Non est vivere, sed valere, vita._ MART.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For life is not to live, but to be well.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For life is not to live, but to be well.
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From this reading Lib. vi.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading For life is not to live, but to be well.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading For life is not to live, but to be well.
an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
From this reading _Non est vivere, sed valere, vita._ MART.
negation of a word or group of words
From this reading _Non est vivere, sed valere, vita._ MART.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For life is not to live, but to be well.
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From this reading _Non est vivere, sed valere, vita._ MART.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For life is not to live, but to be well.
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From this reading _Non est vivere, sed valere, vita._ MART.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Lib. vi.
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From this reading _Non est vivere, sed valere, vita._ MART.
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From this reading _Non est vivere, sed valere, vita._ MART.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading For life is not to live, but to be well.
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