Chapter 1 of Dick Hamilton's Fortune is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Dick Hamilton's Fortune is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC. MADE IN U. S. A. Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton. Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them. Boys, here is Dick Hamilton.
Chapter 1 of Dick Hamilton's Fortune is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading “Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.”
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.”
on or starting from the wearer's right
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.”
Irish mathematician (1806-1865)
From this reading “Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.”
cause to come to know personally
From this reading “Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.”
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.”
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.”
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office
In this reading “AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 MADE IN U. S. A.
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
a youthful male person
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them.
on or starting from the wearer's right
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
someone who is a detective
From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
Irish mathematician (1806-1865)
From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.
cause to come to know personally
From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Boys, here is Dick Hamilton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them.
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading Dick, here are the boys, thousands of them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AUTHOR OF "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH," ETC.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Dick Hamilton.
Chapter 1 of Dick Hamilton's Fortune by Howard Roger Garis holds 170 sentences, grouped into 34 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 170 sentences of Dick Hamilton's Fortune, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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