Chapter 14 of First Person Paramount is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of First Person Paramount is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh, God! oh, God!" I groaned. "Marion, you will not die and leave me! Tell me what to do." "Kiss me," she whispered.
Chapter 14 of First Person Paramount is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 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.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “"Marion, you will not die and leave me!”
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “"Oh, God! oh, God!"”
past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading “I groaned.”
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading “"Kiss me," she whispered.”
go away from a place
From this reading “"Marion, you will not die and leave me!”
express in words
From this reading “Tell me what to do."”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “"Kiss me," she whispered.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Marion, you will not die and leave me!
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "Marion, you will not die and leave me!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Tell me what to do."
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading "Oh, God! oh, God!"
past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading I groaned.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I groaned.
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading "Kiss me," she whispered.
go away from a place
From this reading "Marion, you will not die and leave me!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Marion, you will not die and leave me!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Marion, you will not die and leave me!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Marion, you will not die and leave me!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, God! oh, God!"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Kiss me," she whispered.
express in words
From this reading Tell me what to do."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tell me what to do."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Tell me what to do."
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "Kiss me," she whispered.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Marion, you will not die and leave me!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Marion, you will not die and leave me!
Chapter 14 of First Person Paramount by Ambrose Pratt holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 14 holds 418 sentences of First Person Paramount, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of First Person Paramount by Ambrose Pratt exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in First Person Paramount, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
