Chapter 1 of Christmas Penny Readings is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Christmas Penny Readings is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Christmas Penny Readings, by George Manville Fenn. ________________________________________________________________________ CHRISTMAS PENNY READINGS, BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. CHAPTER ONE. CUTTING TIMES; OR, A FROST AND THAW. ONE--FREEZING SHARP.
Chapter 1 of Christmas Penny Readings is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading “Christmas Penny Readings, by George Manville Fenn.”
the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
From this reading “CUTTING TIMES; OR, A FROST AND THAW.”
the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
From this reading “ONE--FREEZING SHARP.”
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
From this reading “CUTTING TIMES; OR, A FROST AND THAW.”
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading “Christmas Penny Readings, by George Manville Fenn.”
plural of “reading” — the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading “Christmas Penny Readings, by George Manville Fenn.”
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
From this reading “CUTTING TIMES; OR, A FROST AND THAW.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading CUTTING TIMES; OR, A FROST AND THAW.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CUTTING TIMES; OR, A FROST AND THAW.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Christmas Penny Readings, by George Manville Fenn.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading Christmas Penny Readings, by George Manville Fenn.
the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
From this reading CUTTING TIMES; OR, A FROST AND THAW.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Christmas Penny Readings, by George Manville Fenn.
the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
From this reading ONE--FREEZING SHARP.
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
From this reading CUTTING TIMES; OR, A FROST AND THAW.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading Christmas Penny Readings, by George Manville Fenn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Christmas Penny Readings, by George Manville Fenn.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading CUTTING TIMES; OR, A FROST AND THAW.
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading Christmas Penny Readings, by George Manville Fenn.
plural of “reading” — the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading Christmas Penny Readings, by George Manville Fenn.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading ONE--FREEZING SHARP.
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
From this reading CUTTING TIMES; OR, A FROST AND THAW.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading CUTTING TIMES; OR, A FROST AND THAW.
Chapter 1 of Christmas Penny Readings by George Manville Fenn holds 450 sentences, grouped into 90 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 450 sentences of Christmas Penny Readings, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Christmas Penny Readings by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 450 sentences, grouped into 90 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 90 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 90 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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About 224 minutes of reading across 538 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Christmas Penny Readings section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Christmas Penny Readings, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
