Chapter 8 of Yet Again is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 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 Yet Again is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing. For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy. Compare him with the other painters of his day. He was a child in comparison with them.
Chapter 8 of Yet Again is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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gotten through environmental forces
From this reading “Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.”
examine and note the similarities or differences of
From this reading “Compare him with the other painters of his day.”
the act of examining resemblances
From this reading “He was a child in comparison with them.”
devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
From this reading “For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.”
plural of “painter” — an artist who paints
From this reading “Compare him with the other painters of his day.”
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
From this reading “Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.”
a quantity much larger than is needed
From this reading “For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.”
United States painter (1834-1903)
From this reading “Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.”
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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 He was a child in comparison with them.
gotten through environmental forces
From this reading Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Perhaps I am wrong.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
an occurrence of something
From this reading Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.
a young person of either sex
From this reading He was a child in comparison with them.
examine and note the similarities or differences of
From this reading Compare him with the other painters of his day.
the act of examining resemblances
From this reading He was a child in comparison with them.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Compare him with the other painters of his day.
devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Compare him with the other painters of his day.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Perhaps I am wrong.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Compare him with the other painters of his day.
plural of “painter” — an artist who paints
From this reading Compare him with the other painters of his day.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps I am wrong.
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
From this reading Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.
a quantity much larger than is needed
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He was a child in comparison with them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a child in comparison with them.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading For we know that he never acquired it in the art to which he dedicated all but the surplus of his energy.
United States painter (1834-1903)
From this reading Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Compare him with the other painters of his day.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.
the act of creating written works
From this reading Perhaps Whistler would never, in any case, have acquired the professional touch in writing.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading Perhaps I am wrong.
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