Wanted: A Cook: Domestic Dialogues
Wanted: A Cook: Domestic Dialogues by Alan Dale is available here as the complete text, split into 1227 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #43983, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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Vocabulary met early in Wanted: A Cook: Domestic Dialogues
Words and structures a reader meets early in Wanted: A Cook: Domestic Dialogues, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Dreary
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Wanted: A Cook: Domestic Dialogues; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Cooklessness
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Wanted: A Cook: Domestic Dialogues; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Heart
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- Fainted
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