Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished
Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne is available here as the complete text, split into 928 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished: A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #21729.
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Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished
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This edition of Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #21729, divided into 11 chapters and 928 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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The complete text of Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #21729 and divided into 928 sections.
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Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished is presented in 11 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 928 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 11 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
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Every sentence of Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
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Is this the complete text of Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished?
Yes. All 4636 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #21729 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #21729, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished take to read?
About 386 minutes of reading across 928 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished
Words and structures a reader meets early in Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Dusty
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Diamonds
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Polished
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- Ballantyne
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