Chapter 1 of A Veldt Vendetta is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of A Veldt Vendetta is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A Veldt Vendetta, by Bertram Mitford. ________________________________________________________________________ A VELDT VENDETTA, BY BERTRAM MITFORD. CHAPTER ONE. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. I had not a friend in the world.
Chapter 1 of A Veldt Vendetta is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
the act of discovering something
From this reading “A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “I had not a friend in the world.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other
From this reading “A Veldt Vendetta, by Bertram Mitford.”
an act of traveling by water
From this reading “A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “I had not a friend in the world.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “I had not a friend in the world.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Veldt Vendetta, by Bertram Mitford.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Veldt Vendetta, by Bertram Mitford.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A Veldt Vendetta, by Bertram Mitford.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
the act of discovering something
From this reading A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading I had not a friend in the world.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had not a friend in the world.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had not a friend in the world.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I had not a friend in the world.
United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996)
From this reading A Veldt Vendetta, by Bertram Mitford.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I had not a friend in the world.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I had not a friend in the world.
elevated open grassland in southern Africa
From this reading A Veldt Vendetta, by Bertram Mitford.
a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other
From this reading A Veldt Vendetta, by Bertram Mitford.
an act of traveling by water
From this reading A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading I had not a friend in the world.
Chapter 1 of A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 406 sentences of A Veldt Vendetta, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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