Chapter 1 of Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LEADEN REALITIES. LEADEN REALITIES. RALPH RAVEN. FRANCIS FOGIE, SEN., ESQ. New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
Chapter 1 of Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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darkened with overcast
From this reading “LEADEN REALITIES.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.”
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading “New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.”
obtain or seize by violence
From this reading “RALPH RAVEN.”
plural of “reality” — all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading “LEADEN REALITIES.”
a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
From this reading “FRANCIS FOGIE, SEN., ESQ.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.”
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From this reading New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
From this reading FRANCIS FOGIE, SEN., ESQ.
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From this reading FRANCIS FOGIE, SEN., ESQ.
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From this reading FRANCIS FOGIE, SEN., ESQ.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
darkened with overcast
From this reading LEADEN REALITIES.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RALPH RAVEN.
obtain or seize by violence
From this reading RALPH RAVEN.
plural of “reality” — all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading LEADEN REALITIES.
a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
From this reading FRANCIS FOGIE, SEN., ESQ.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading New York: G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.
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