Chapter I
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I. MR. BENNETT AND MRS. BROWN. By VIRGINIA WOOLF. 2_s._ 6_d._ II.
Women: an inquiry
Chapter I
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I.
MR.
BENNETT
AND
MRS.
BROWN.
By
VIRGINIA
WOOLF.
2_s._
6_d._
II.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Women: an inquiry
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Women: an inquiry is here in full — 480 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/96 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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I.
MR.
/aɪ ˈmɪstər/
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BENNETT
AND
MRS.
/ˈbenət ənd ˈmɪsɪz/
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BROWN.
/braʊn/
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By
VIRGINIA
WOOLF.
/baɪ vərˈdʒɪnjə wʊlf/
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2_s._
6_d._
II.
Learner Dictionary
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bennett
noun
US /ˈbenət/
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
From this reading “BENNETT AND MRS.”
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “BROWN.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “BENNETT AND MRS.”
virginia
noun
US /vərˈdʒɪnjə/
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading “By VIRGINIA WOOLF.”
woolf
noun
US /wʊlf/
English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)
From this reading “By VIRGINIA WOOLF.”
Word partnerships in these lines
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2
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From this reading 2_s._ 6_d._ II.
6
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BENNETT AND MRS.
BENNETTnounUS /ˈbenət/
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
From this reading BENNETT AND MRS.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading BROWN.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By VIRGINIA WOOLF.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading 2_s._ 6_d._ II.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I. MR.
IInoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading 2_s._ 6_d._ II.
a form of address for a man
From this reading I. MR.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading BENNETT AND MRS.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading 2_s._ 6_d._ II.
VIRGINIAnounUS /vərˈdʒɪnjə/
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading By VIRGINIA WOOLF.
WOOLFnounUS /wʊlf/
English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)
From this reading By VIRGINIA WOOLF.
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