Chapter 1 of From Ocean to Ocean is here in full — 457 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of From Ocean to Ocean is here in full — 457 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
+-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ George Robertson & Co. ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURERS. _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street. 361-363 George Street. Freeman Street.
Chapter 1 of From Ocean to Ocean is here in full — 457 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bookbinder” — a worker whose trade is binding books
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
From this reading “_Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.”
a person who is not a serf or a slave
From this reading “Freeman Street.”
printing from a plate with raised characters
plural of “manufacturer” — a business engaged in manufacturing some product
From this reading “ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURERS.”
plural of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading “_Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.”
United States basketball guard (born in 1938)
From this reading “+-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ George Robertson & Co.”
plural of “ruler” — a person who rules or commands
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.
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From this reading 361-363 George Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 361-363 George Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURERS.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURERS.
plural of “bookbinder” — a worker whose trade is binding books
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ George Robertson & Co.
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
a person who is not a serf or a slave
From this reading Freeman Street.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ George Robertson & Co.
printing from a plate with raised characters
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
plural of “manufacturer” — a business engaged in manufacturing some product
From this reading ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURERS.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
plural of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
United States basketball guard (born in 1938)
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ George Robertson & Co.
plural of “ruler” — a person who rules or commands
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading _Bookbinders_ _Letterpress Printers._ _Paper Rulers_ _Engravers_ _Lithographers_ _Die Sinkers_ _Embossers._ 384-390 Little Collins Street.
Chapter 1 of From Ocean to Ocean by Jerome J. Murif holds 457 sentences, grouped into 92 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 457 sentences of From Ocean to Ocean, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
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