Tutt and Mr. Tutt
Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Cheney Train is available here as the complete text, split into 816 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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This edition of Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Cheney Train carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #10440, divided into 10 chapters and 816 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #10440, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 340 minutes of reading across 816 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Tutt and Mr. Tutt
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- Although
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- Flatter
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- Themselves
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- Great
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