Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Albrecht is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALBRECHT. ARLO BATES. Sô gesach sie valken vliegen. Dietmar von Aist. BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.
Albrecht
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Albrecht is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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ALBRECHT.
ARLO
BATES.
Sô
gesach
sie
valken
vliegen.
Dietmar
von
Aist.
BOSTON:
ROBERTS
BROTHERS.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Albrecht
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Albrecht is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
ALBRECHT.
Line 2
ARLO
BATES.
Line 3
Sô
gesach
sie
valken
vliegen.
Line 4
Dietmar
von
Aist.
Line 5
BOSTON:
ROBERTS
BROTHERS.
/ˈbɑːstən ˈrɑːbərts ˈbrʌðərz/
Learner Dictionary
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bates
verb
US /beɪts/
third-person singular of “bate” — moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
From this reading “ARLO BATES.”
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.”
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.”
roberts
noun
US /ˈrɑːbərts/
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
From this reading “BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.”
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All words in this reading · 14
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Aist
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From this reading Dietmar von Aist.
ALBRECHT
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From this reading ALBRECHT.
ARLO
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From this reading ARLO BATES.
BATESverbUS /beɪts/
third-person singular of “bate” — moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
From this reading ARLO BATES.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.
Dietmar
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From this reading Dietmar von Aist.
gesach
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From this reading Sô gesach sie valken vliegen.
ROBERTSnounUS /ˈrɑːbərts/
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
From this reading BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.
sie
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From this reading Sô gesach sie valken vliegen.
Sô
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From this reading Sô gesach sie valken vliegen.
valken
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From this reading Sô gesach sie valken vliegen.
vliegen
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From this reading Sô gesach sie valken vliegen.
von
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From this reading Dietmar von Aist.
Chapter 1 of Albrecht by Arlo Bates holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
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Vocabulary met early in Albrecht
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- Albrecht
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Albrecht; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Bates
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- Gesach
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- Valken
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