Held for Orders
Held for Orders by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman is available here as the complete text, split into 652 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Held for Orders: Being Stories of Railroad Life by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34365.
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This edition of Held for Orders by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #34365, divided into 8 chapters and 652 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.
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Held for Orders is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Held for Orders as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 652 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 sections are gathered into 8 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Held for Orders?
Yes. All 3257 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #34365 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Held for Orders is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #34365, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Held for Orders take to read?
About 271 minutes of reading across 652 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Held for Orders
Words and structures a reader meets early in Held for Orders, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Rather
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- Guess
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- Wrote
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- Bucks
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Held for Orders; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.