Chapter 1 of Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike is here in full — 527 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike is here in full — 527 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See http://eco.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.15448/2?r=0&s=1 KAFFIR, KANGAROO, KLONDIKE. THAD. W. H. LEAVITT. Author of “The Witch of Plum Hollow,” Etc. R. H. C. Browne, Publisher, Toronto.
Chapter 1 of Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike is here in full — 527 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
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a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
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any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
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a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910
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exactly
From this reading “Author of “The Witch of Plum Hollow,” Etc.”
a firm in the publishing business
From this reading “R. H. C. Browne, Publisher, Toronto.”
the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)
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a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading “Author of “The Witch of Plum Hollow,” Etc.”
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of “The Witch of Plum Hollow,” Etc.
English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
From this reading R. H. C. Browne, Publisher, Toronto.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading R. H. C. Browne, Publisher, Toronto.
a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals
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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
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not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
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a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
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important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
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any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
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a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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exactly
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a firm in the publishing business
From this reading R. H. C. Browne, Publisher, Toronto.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
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1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)
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a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
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a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
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a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading Author of “The Witch of Plum Hollow,” Etc.
Chapter 1 of Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike by Thad. W. H. (Thaddeus William Henry) Leavitt holds 527 sentences, grouped into 106 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 527 sentences of Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike, unabridged, divided into 106 reading sections.
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