Chapter 1 of Forging the Blades is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Forging the Blades is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Forging the Blades, by Bertram Mitford. ________________________________________________________________________ FORGING THE BLADES, BY BERTRAM MITFORD. CHAPTER ONE. THE TRAGEDY. The river swirled on through the heat, the sweltering, fever-breathing heat.
Chapter 1 of Forging the Blades is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “blade” — especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
From this reading “Forging the Blades, by Bertram Mitford.”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
shaping metal by heating and hammering
From this reading “Forging the Blades, by Bertram Mitford.”
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading “The river swirled on through the heat, the sweltering, fever-breathing heat.”
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading “The river swirled on through the heat, the sweltering, fever-breathing heat.”
excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness
From this reading “The river swirled on through the heat, the sweltering, fever-breathing heat.”
past form of “swirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading “The river swirled on through the heat, the sweltering, fever-breathing heat.”
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading “THE TRAGEDY.”
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From this reading Forging the Blades, by Bertram Mitford.
plural of “blade” — especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
From this reading Forging the Blades, by Bertram Mitford.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Forging the Blades, by Bertram Mitford.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The river swirled on through the heat, the sweltering, fever-breathing heat.
shaping metal by heating and hammering
From this reading Forging the Blades, by Bertram Mitford.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading The river swirled on through the heat, the sweltering, fever-breathing heat.
United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996)
From this reading Forging the Blades, by Bertram Mitford.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The river swirled on through the heat, the sweltering, fever-breathing heat.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading The river swirled on through the heat, the sweltering, fever-breathing heat.
excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness
From this reading The river swirled on through the heat, the sweltering, fever-breathing heat.
past form of “swirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading The river swirled on through the heat, the sweltering, fever-breathing heat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Forging the Blades, by Bertram Mitford.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The river swirled on through the heat, the sweltering, fever-breathing heat.
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading THE TRAGEDY.
Chapter 1 of Forging the Blades by Bertram Mitford 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.
Chapter 1 holds 430 sentences of Forging the Blades, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Forging the Blades by Bertram Mitford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
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