Chapter 2 of What books to lend and what to give is here in full — 503 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of What books to lend and what to give is here in full — 503 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up. =94. Polly Spanker’s Green Feather.= By Mrs. WALFORD. (S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery. =95.
Chapter 2 of What books to lend and what to give is here in full — 503 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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for the most part
From this reading “Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.”
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading “Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.”
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
From this reading “(S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.”
comical in an odd or whimsical manner
From this reading “(S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.”
a person who is older than you are
From this reading “Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.”
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading “Polly Spanker’s Green Feather.= By Mrs. WALFORD.”
elaborate or showy attire and accessories
From this reading “(S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.”
a revue with elaborate costuming
From this reading “Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.”
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In this reading “Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.”
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From this reading (S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.
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From this reading =94.
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From this reading =95.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Polly Spanker’s Green Feather.= By Mrs. WALFORD.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading (S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.
for the most part
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading (S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
From this reading (S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.
comical in an odd or whimsical manner
From this reading (S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.
a person who is older than you are
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading Polly Spanker’s Green Feather.= By Mrs. WALFORD.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
elaborate or showy attire and accessories
From this reading (S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.
a revue with elaborate costuming
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Polly Spanker’s Green Feather.= By Mrs. WALFORD.
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading (S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Polly Spanker’s Green Feather.= By Mrs. WALFORD.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading (S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.
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From this reading Polly Spanker’s Green Feather.= By Mrs. WALFORD.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading (S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.
inflected form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
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From this reading Polly Spanker’s Green Feather.= By Mrs. WALFORD.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading Stories of village life, chiefly for the elder children; curiosity and a few other follies shown up.
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From this reading Polly Spanker’s Green Feather.= By Mrs. WALFORD.
in the company of; together with
From this reading (S.P.C.K.) 4_d._ Droll disaster with finery.
Chapter 2 of What books to lend and what to give by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge holds 503 sentences, grouped into 101 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.
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