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DICTIONARY
TRANSLATION
apreciar, atesorar
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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The opening
How “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” begins
Twyford , 3 at the Bishop of St. Asaph’s, 1771.
Dear Son: I have ever had pleasure in obtaining any little anecdotes of my ancestors.
You may remember the inquiries I made among the remains of my relations when you were with me in England, and the journey I undertook for that purpose.
Imagining it may be equally agreeable to you to know the circumstances of my life, many of which you are yet unacquainted with, and expecting the enjoyment of a week’s uninterrupted leisure in my present country retirement, I sit down to write them for you.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 30 words you will meet most often in “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” at level B2 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- governor
- assembly
- propose
- afterwards
- obtain
- affair
- accordingly
- province
- virtue
- thus
- establish
- mean
- desire
- procure
- acquire
- conduct
- master
- acquaint
- observe
- inhabitant
- defense
- undertake
- want
- engage
- circumstance
- expense
- colony
- sum
- conceive
- breed
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Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”
How much of each kind of grammar “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Relative clauses
- Passive voice
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Perfect tenses
- Phrasal verbs
- Modal verbs
- Reported speech
- Conditionals
Constructions to look for
- Past participle clause This was the building before mentioned, erected by the hearers of Mr.
- Be to + infinitive (passive) My plan, with my reasons in support of it, is to be found among my political papers that are printed.
- At/on/in (time) Meredith came accordingly in the evening, when we talked my affair over.
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About the book
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