Chapter 1 of Celebrity is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Celebrity is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Sound the fanfare! Beat the drums! Shout hosannas! Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978. Celebrity day.
Chapter 1 of Celebrity is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading “Beat the drums!”
a widely known person
From this reading “Celebrity day.”
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.”
plural of “drum” — a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
From this reading “Beat the drums!”
a gaudy outward display
From this reading “_Sound the fanfare!”
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading “Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.”
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading “Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.”
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading “Shout hosannas!”
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In this reading “Beat the drums!”
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From this reading Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.
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From this reading Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading Beat the drums!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.
a widely known person
From this reading Celebrity day.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Celebrity day.
plural of “drum” — a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
From this reading Beat the drums!
a gaudy outward display
From this reading _Sound the fanfare!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shout hosannas!
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.
a son who has the same first name as his father
From this reading Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here he comes...._ By James McKimmey, Jr. June 19, 1978.
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading Shout hosannas!
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading _Sound the fanfare!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Sound the fanfare!
Chapter 1 of Celebrity by James McKimmey holds 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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 103 sentences of Celebrity, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Celebrity by James McKimmey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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 21 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 21 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.
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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 8 minutes of reading across 21 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Celebrity section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Celebrity, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
