Chapter 1 of Twenty years a fakir is here in full — 32 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Twenty years a fakir is here in full — 32 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
S. J. W. Gate City Book and Novelty Company, Omaha, Neb. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWENTY YEARS A FAKIR. -------------- INTRODUCTION. The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
Chapter 1 of Twenty years a fakir is here in full — 32 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
From this reading “The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.”
relevant relation or interconnection
From this reading “The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.”
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading “The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.”
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading “Gate City Book and Novelty Company, Omaha, Neb.”
the act of beginning something new
From this reading “-------------- INTRODUCTION.”
originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
From this reading “Gate City Book and Novelty Company, Omaha, Neb.”
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
From this reading “Gate City Book and Novelty Company, Omaha, Neb.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading “------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWENTY YEARS A FAKIR.”
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWENTY YEARS A FAKIR.”
In this reading “The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.”
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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWENTY YEARS A FAKIR.
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Gate City Book and Novelty Company, Omaha, Neb.
relevant relation or interconnection
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading Gate City Book and Novelty Company, Omaha, Neb.
an occurrence of something
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Gate City Book and Novelty Company, Omaha, Neb.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading Gate City Book and Novelty Company, Omaha, Neb.
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWENTY YEARS A FAKIR.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading Gate City Book and Novelty Company, Omaha, Neb.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
the act of beginning something new
From this reading -------------- INTRODUCTION.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading S. J. W.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
From this reading Gate City Book and Novelty Company, Omaha, Neb.
not any; not one
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
From this reading Gate City Book and Novelty Company, Omaha, Neb.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
From this reading Gate City Book and Novelty Company, Omaha, Neb.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading S. J. W.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The old adage, “An open confession is good for the soul,” has no bearing on my case.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWENTY YEARS A FAKIR.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading S. J. W.
a late time of life
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWENTY YEARS A FAKIR.
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