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Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor

Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur is available here as the complete text, split into 635 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4624.

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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

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Yes. All 3171 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #4624 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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About 264 minutes of reading across 635 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor

Words and structures a reader meets early in Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Preface
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Reader
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Cannot
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Smile
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.