Chapter 1 of Her Benny: A Story of Street Life is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Her Benny: A Story of Street Life is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HER BENNY. A STORY OF STREET LIFE. AUTHOR OF "ALEC GREEN," ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY H. TUCK. BEDFORD STREET, STRAND.
Chapter 1 of Her Benny: A Story of Street Life is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "ALEC GREEN," ETC.”
East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
From this reading “HER BENNY.”
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "ALEC GREEN," ETC.”
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading “ILLUSTRATED BY H. TUCK.”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “A STORY OF STREET LIFE.”
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
From this reading “BEDFORD STREET, STRAND.”
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “A STORY OF STREET LIFE.”
fit snugly into
From this reading “ILLUSTRATED BY H. TUCK.”
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In this reading “ILLUSTRATED BY H. TUCK.”
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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 STORY OF STREET LIFE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "ALEC GREEN," ETC.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF "ALEC GREEN," ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BEDFORD STREET, STRAND.
East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
From this reading HER BENNY.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ILLUSTRATED BY H. TUCK.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "ALEC GREEN," ETC.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading AUTHOR OF "ALEC GREEN," ETC.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading ILLUSTRATED BY H. TUCK.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HER BENNY.
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading ILLUSTRATED BY H. TUCK.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading A STORY OF STREET LIFE.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A STORY OF STREET LIFE.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading A STORY OF STREET LIFE.
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
From this reading BEDFORD STREET, STRAND.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading A STORY OF STREET LIFE.
fit snugly into
From this reading ILLUSTRATED BY H. TUCK.
Chapter 1 of Her Benny: A Story of Street Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking holds 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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 158 sentences of Her Benny: A Story of Street Life, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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