Chapter 1 of Kings in Exile is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Kings in Exile is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The MacMillan Company New York . Boston . Chicago Dallas . San Francisco MacMillan & Co., Limited London . Bombay .
Chapter 1 of Kings in Exile is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
From this reading “Bombay .”
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “Boston .”
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading “Chicago Dallas .”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “The MacMillan Company New York .”
a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields
From this reading “Chicago Dallas .”
small in range or scope
From this reading “San Francisco MacMillan & Co., Limited London .”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “San Francisco MacMillan & Co., Limited London .”
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 “The MacMillan Company New York .”
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a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
From this reading Bombay .
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading Boston .
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading Chicago Dallas .
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading San Francisco MacMillan & Co., Limited London .
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading The MacMillan Company New York .
a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields
From this reading Chicago Dallas .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading San Francisco MacMillan & Co., Limited London .
small in range or scope
From this reading San Francisco MacMillan & Co., Limited London .
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading San Francisco MacMillan & Co., Limited London .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The MacMillan Company New York .
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The MacMillan Company New York .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading San Francisco MacMillan & Co., Limited London .
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The MacMillan Company New York .
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 The MacMillan Company New York .
Chapter 1 of Kings in Exile by Charles G. D., Sir Roberts holds 218 sentences, grouped into 44 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 218 sentences of Kings in Exile, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Kings in Exile by Charles G. D., Sir Roberts exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 218 sentences, grouped into 44 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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About 227 minutes of reading across 546 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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