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For the School Colours
For the School Colours

Chapter I

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"Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.
The School in the South.
Monitress Merle.
Loyal to the School.
A Fortunate Term.
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For the School Colours

Chapter I

Reading 1/52 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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"Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.
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The School in the South.
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Monitress Merle.
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Loyal to the School.
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A Fortunate Term.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “"Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.”

All words in this reading · 26

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

Angela

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From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

Bookman

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From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

Brazil

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From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

Fortunate

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From this reading A Fortunate Term.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The School in the South.

Loyal

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From this reading Loyal to the School.

Merle

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From this reading Monitress Merle.

Monitress

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From this reading Monitress Merle.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

other

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From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

proved

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From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

read

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From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

School

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From this reading The School in the South.

schoolgirls

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From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

South

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From this reading The School in the South.

story

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From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

talent

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From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

Term

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From this reading A Fortunate Term.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The School in the South.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

undoubted

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From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.

writing

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From this reading "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.