Chapter 1 of Bamboo Tales is here in full — 533 sentences across 107 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Bamboo Tales is here in full — 533 sentences across 107 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ira L. Reeves. 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories. Illustrations by J. Alexander Mackay. Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, U. S. A. Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."
Chapter 1 of Bamboo Tales is here in full — 533 sentences across 107 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
From this reading “Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “Illustrations by J. Alexander Mackay.”
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
From this reading “1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.”
a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
From this reading “Ira L. Reeves.”
a state in midwestern United States
From this reading “Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, U. S. A.”
the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution
From this reading “Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, U. S. A.”
plural of “reeve” — female ruff
From this reading “Ira L. Reeves.”
in a respectful manner
From this reading “Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."”
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From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
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From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
From this reading Illustrations by J. Alexander Mackay.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Illustrations by J. Alexander Mackay.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, U. S. A.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, U. S. A.
devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
From this reading Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."
at or to or toward the front
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
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From this reading Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, U. S. A.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading Illustrations by J. Alexander Mackay.
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
From this reading Ira L. Reeves.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading Illustrations by J. Alexander Mackay.
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From this reading Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."
a state in midwestern United States
From this reading Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, U. S. A.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading Ira L. Reeves.
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From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
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From this reading Illustrations by J. Alexander Mackay.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, U. S. A.
the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution
From this reading Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, U. S. A.
plural of “reeve” — female ruff
From this reading Ira L. Reeves.
in a respectful manner
From this reading Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, U. S. A.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."
being four more than twenty
From this reading 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry, Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, U. S. A.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."
Chapter 1 of Bamboo Tales by Ira L. (Ira Louis) Reeves holds 533 sentences, grouped into 107 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 533 sentences of Bamboo Tales, unabridged, divided into 107 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Bamboo Tales by Ira L. (Ira Louis) Reeves exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 533 sentences, grouped into 107 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 107 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 107 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 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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About 88 minutes of reading across 213 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Bamboo Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
