Chapter 1 of Grit Lawless is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Grit Lawless is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Grit Lawless, by F.E. Mills Young. ________________________________________________________________________ GRIT LAWLESS, BY F.E. MILLS YOUNG. CHAPTER ONE. "This job has grown. There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
Chapter 1 of Grit Lawless is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading “There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"”
a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
From this reading “Grit Lawless, by F.E. Mills Young.”
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading “"This job has grown.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “"This job has grown.”
without law or control
From this reading “Grit Lawless, by F.E. Mills Young.”
United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)
From this reading “Grit Lawless, by F.E. Mills Young.”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"”
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.
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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 There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Grit Lawless, by F.E. Mills Young.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading Grit Lawless, by F.E. Mills Young.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading Grit Lawless, by F.E. Mills Young.
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
From this reading Grit Lawless, by F.E. Mills Young.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading "This job has grown.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This job has grown.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading "This job has grown.
without law or control
From this reading Grit Lawless, by F.E. Mills Young.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)
From this reading Grit Lawless, by F.E. Mills Young.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This job has grown.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There has got to be a fourth in it, and the fourth must be a man.--You understand?"
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Grit Lawless, by F.E. Mills Young.
Chapter 1 of Grit Lawless by F. E. Mills (Florence Ethel Mills) Young holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 406 sentences of Grit Lawless, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Grit Lawless by F. E. Mills (Florence Ethel Mills) Young exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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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