Chapter 1 of Into the Unknown: A Romance of South Africa is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Into the Unknown: A Romance of South Africa is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Into the Unknown, by Lawrence Fletcher. ________________________________________________________________________ INTO THE UNKNOWN, BY LAWRENCE FLETCHER. CHAPTER ONE. THE GHOSTS' PASS. "Well, old man, what do we do next?"
Chapter 1 of Into the Unknown: A Romance of South Africa is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 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.”
prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625)
From this reading “Into the Unknown, by Lawrence Fletcher.”
plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “THE GHOSTS' PASS.”
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
From this reading “Into the Unknown, by Lawrence Fletcher.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “"Well, old man, what do we do next?"”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “"Well, old man, what do we do next?"”
go across or through
From this reading “THE GHOSTS' PASS.”
not known
From this reading “Into the Unknown, by Lawrence Fletcher.”
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a man who is very old
In this reading “"Well, old man, what do we do next?"”
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showing who or what does the action
From this reading Into the Unknown, by Lawrence Fletcher.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Well, old man, what do we do next?"
prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625)
From this reading Into the Unknown, by Lawrence Fletcher.
plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading THE GHOSTS' PASS.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Into the Unknown, by Lawrence Fletcher.
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
From this reading Into the Unknown, by Lawrence Fletcher.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Well, old man, what do we do next?"
immediately following in time or order
From this reading "Well, old man, what do we do next?"
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Well, old man, what do we do next?"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
go across or through
From this reading THE GHOSTS' PASS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Into the Unknown, by Lawrence Fletcher.
not known
From this reading Into the Unknown, by Lawrence Fletcher.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Well, old man, what do we do next?"
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, old man, what do we do next?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Well, old man, what do we do next?"
Chapter 1 of Into the Unknown: A Romance of South Africa by Lawrence Fletcher holds 452 sentences, grouped into 91 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 452 sentences of Into the Unknown: A Romance of South Africa, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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