Chapter 1 of Behind the bronze door is here in full — 98 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Behind the bronze door is here in full — 98 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Isn’t this terrible, Henry? Where is it going to end?” “Isn’t what terrible?--and where is what going end?” “Why! Haven’t you read to-night’s paper?”
Chapter 1 of Behind the bronze door is here in full — 98 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “Where is it going to end?””
the act of departing
From this reading “Where is it going to end?””
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading ““Isn’t this terrible, Henry?”
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading “Haven’t you read to-night’s paper?””
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading “Haven’t you read to-night’s paper?””
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading ““Isn’t this terrible, Henry?”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Isn’t what terrible?--and where is what going end?”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Where is it going to end?”
the act of departing
From this reading Where is it going to end?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Haven’t you read to-night’s paper?”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “Isn’t this terrible, Henry?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where is it going to end?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Isn’t this terrible, Henry?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Where is it going to end?”
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading Haven’t you read to-night’s paper?”
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Haven’t you read to-night’s paper?”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “Isn’t this terrible, Henry?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Isn’t this terrible, Henry?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Where is it going to end?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Haven’t you read to-night’s paper?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Isn’t what terrible?--and where is what going end?”
in or at the place that
From this reading Where is it going to end?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Haven’t you read to-night’s paper?”
Chapter 1 of Behind the bronze door by William Le Queux holds 98 sentences, grouped into 20 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 98 sentences of Behind the bronze door, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Behind the bronze door by William Le Queux exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 98 sentences, grouped into 20 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.
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