Chapter 1 of Men We Meet in the Field is here in full — 477 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Men We Meet in the Field is here in full — 477 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
| | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected. | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ MEN WE MEET IN THE FIELD. THE FIELD. BY A. G. BAGOT ("BAGATELLE").
Chapter 1 of Men We Meet in the Field is here in full — 477 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “| | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.”
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading “| | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.”
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “| | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.”
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading “| | | +-------------------------------------------------+ MEN WE MEET IN THE FIELD.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “| | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.”
come together
From this reading “| | | +-------------------------------------------------+ MEN WE MEET IN THE FIELD.”
the force of workers available
From this reading “| | | +-------------------------------------------------+ MEN WE MEET IN THE FIELD.”
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading “| | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.”
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In this reading “| | | +-------------------------------------------------+ MEN WE MEET IN THE FIELD.”
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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 BY A. G. BAGOT ("BAGATELLE").
a light piece of music for piano
From this reading BY A. G. BAGOT ("BAGATELLE").
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY A. G. BAGOT ("BAGATELLE").
the past participle of “be”
From this reading | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY A. G. BAGOT ("BAGATELLE").
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ MEN WE MEET IN THE FIELD.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading BY A. G. BAGOT ("BAGATELLE").
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ MEN WE MEET IN THE FIELD.
come together
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ MEN WE MEET IN THE FIELD.
the force of workers available
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ MEN WE MEET IN THE FIELD.
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ MEN WE MEET IN THE FIELD.
relating to or occurring or used in typography
From this reading | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ MEN WE MEET IN THE FIELD.
Chapter 1 of Men We Meet in the Field by A. G. Bagot holds 477 sentences, grouped into 96 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 477 sentences of Men We Meet in the Field, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Men We Meet in the Field by A. G. Bagot exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 477 sentences, grouped into 96 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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