Chapter 1 of Flora is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Flora is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A. L. O. E. *CONTENTS.* I. Town and country II. The village III. Confession IV. The rajah’s dream V. Secret influences VI.
Chapter 1 of Flora is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading “Confession IV.”
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading “*CONTENTS.* I. Town and country II.”
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “*CONTENTS.* I. Town and country II.”
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “The rajah’s dream V. Secret influences VI.”
plural of “influence” — a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
From this reading “The rajah’s dream V. Secret influences VI.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “The rajah’s dream V. Secret influences VI.”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “*CONTENTS.* I. Town and country II.”
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading “The village III.”
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In this reading “The rajah’s dream V. Secret influences VI.”
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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 A. L. O. E.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading *CONTENTS.* I. Town and country II.
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading Confession IV.
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading *CONTENTS.* I. Town and country II.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading *CONTENTS.* I. Town and country II.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading The rajah’s dream V. Secret influences VI.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading A. L. O. E.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading *CONTENTS.* I. Town and country II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading *CONTENTS.* I. Town and country II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The village III.
plural of “influence” — a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
From this reading The rajah’s dream V. Secret influences VI.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Confession IV.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading A. L. O. E.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading A. L. O. E.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rajah’s dream V. Secret influences VI.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading The rajah’s dream V. Secret influences VI.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The village III.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading *CONTENTS.* I. Town and country II.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading The rajah’s dream V. Secret influences VI.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading The rajah’s dream V. Secret influences VI.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading The village III.
Chapter 1 of Flora by A. L. O. E. holds 463 sentences, grouped into 93 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 463 sentences of Flora, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
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