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Bab: A Sub-Deb
Bab: A Sub-Deb

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Bab: A Sub-Deb is here in full — 1427 sentences across 286 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 3 of Bab: A Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart holds 1427 sentences, grouped into 286 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 3 of Bab: A Sub-Deb contain?

Chapter 3 holds 1427 sentences of Bab: A Sub-Deb, unabridged, divided into 286 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 3 of Bab: A Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 1427 sentences, grouped into 286 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.

How do I study chapter 3 of Bab: A Sub-Deb?

Work through the 286 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 286 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 3 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of Bab: A Sub-Deb?

Yes. All 4364 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #366 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #366, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 363 minutes of reading across 873 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Bab: A Sub-Deb

Words and structures a reader meets early in Bab: A Sub-Deb, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Class
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Barbara
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Putnam
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Archibald
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JANUARY 1st.
I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.
Weather, clear and cold.
New Year's dinner.
Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.
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Bab: A Sub-Deb

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Bab: A Sub-Deb is here in full — 1427 sentences across 286 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/286 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
JANUARY 1st.
Line 2
I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.
Line 3
Weather, clear and cold.
Line 4
New Year's dinner.
Line 5
Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.
All words in this reading · 41

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

1st

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From this reading JANUARY 1st.

a

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

and

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From this reading Weather, clear and cold.

back

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

being

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From this reading Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.

chicken

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From this reading Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.

clear

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From this reading Weather, clear and cold.

cold

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From this reading Weather, clear and cold.

come

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

condition

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

days

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

diary

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

dinner

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading New Year's dinner.

early

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

expensive

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.

few

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

French

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

from

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

have

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

having

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

home

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

I

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

JANUARY

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading JANUARY 1st.

make

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

mashed

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.

mince

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From this reading Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.

New

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading New Year's dinner.

pie

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.

potatoes

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.

received

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

Roast

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.

sweet

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From this reading Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.

this

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From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

today

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

Turkey

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.

turnips

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.

up

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I have today received this diary from home, having come back a few days early to make up a French condition.

very

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Roast chicken (Turkey being very expensive), mashed turnips, sweet potatoes and mince pie.

Weather

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Weather, clear and cold.

Year's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading New Year's dinner.