Chapter 1 of Alice Wilde is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Alice Wilde is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALICE WILDE: THE RAFTSMAN'S DAUGHTER. A FOREST ROMANCE. BY MRS. METTA V. VICTOR. NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
Chapter 1 of Alice Wilde is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
From this reading “NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.”
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “A FOREST ROMANCE.”
American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
From this reading “NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.”
a relationship between two lovers
From this reading “A FOREST ROMANCE.”
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading “METTA V. VICTOR.”
Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)
From this reading “ALICE WILDE: THE RAFTSMAN'S DAUGHTER.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.”
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From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A FOREST ROMANCE.
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From this reading ALICE WILDE: THE RAFTSMAN'S DAUGHTER.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY MRS.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
a female human offspring
From this reading ALICE WILDE: THE RAFTSMAN'S DAUGHTER.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading A FOREST ROMANCE.
American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading METTA V. VICTOR.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading BY MRS.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALICE WILDE: THE RAFTSMAN'S DAUGHTER.
a relationship between two lovers
From this reading A FOREST ROMANCE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALICE WILDE: THE RAFTSMAN'S DAUGHTER.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading METTA V. VICTOR.
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading METTA V. VICTOR.
Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)
From this reading ALICE WILDE: THE RAFTSMAN'S DAUGHTER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON.
Chapter 1 of Alice Wilde by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 134 sentences of Alice Wilde, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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