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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Dungeon Rock is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook. AT LYNN. BOSTON: C. M. A. TWITCHELL, Printer, 50 Bromfield St., Boston. 1885. To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
Chapter 1 of Dungeon Rock is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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further or added
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state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “BOSTON: C. M. A. TWITCHELL, Printer, 50 Bromfield St., Boston.”
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
From this reading “To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.”
a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying
From this reading “To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.”
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
From this reading “To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.”
someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading “BOSTON: C. M. A. TWITCHELL, Printer, 50 Bromfield St., Boston.”
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
From this reading “To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.”
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.”
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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In this reading “To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.”
In this reading “To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.”
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From this reading 1885.
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From this reading BOSTON: C. M. A. TWITCHELL, Printer, 50 Bromfield St., Boston.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading BOSTON: C. M. A. TWITCHELL, Printer, 50 Bromfield St., Boston.
further or added
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT LYNN.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading BOSTON: C. M. A. TWITCHELL, Printer, 50 Bromfield St., Boston.
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From this reading BOSTON: C. M. A. TWITCHELL, Printer, 50 Bromfield St., Boston.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading BOSTON: C. M. A. TWITCHELL, Printer, 50 Bromfield St., Boston.
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
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either extremity of something that has length
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a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
set up or found
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From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
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From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
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From this reading AT LYNN.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading BOSTON: C. M. A. TWITCHELL, Printer, 50 Bromfield St., Boston.
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
used to form the superlative
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
near in time or place or relationship
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plural of “note” — a brief written record
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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a human being
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading BOSTON: C. M. A. TWITCHELL, Printer, 50 Bromfield St., Boston.
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
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From this reading BOSTON: C. M. A. TWITCHELL, Printer, 50 Bromfield St., Boston.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
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From this reading BOSTON: C. M. A. TWITCHELL, Printer, 50 Bromfield St., Boston.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading To Mrs. Hannah Lucinda Marble, widow of the late Excavator, and at the present time the person most interested in this romantic spot, I dedicate this book.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
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Chapter 1 of Dungeon Rock by N. S. (Nannette Snow) Emerson holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
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