Chapter 1 of My four weeks in France is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of My four weeks in France is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook. AUTHOR OF Gullible’s Travels, Etc. PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOK MANUFACTURERS BROOKLYN, N. Y. I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
Chapter 1 of My four weeks in France is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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further or added
From this reading “Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.”
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
From this reading “I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.”
a borough of New York City
From this reading “BOOK MANUFACTURERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.”
a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading “I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.”
plural of “manufacturer” — a business engaged in manufacturing some product
From this reading “BOOK MANUFACTURERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.”
plural of “note” — a brief written record
From this reading “Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.”
plural of “travel” — the act of going from one place to another
From this reading “AUTHOR OF Gullible’s Travels, Etc.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.”
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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 I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
further or added
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
From this reading I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF Gullible’s Travels, Etc.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading BOOK MANUFACTURERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
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From this reading PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
a borough of New York City
From this reading BOOK MANUFACTURERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
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From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
either extremity of something that has length
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From this reading AUTHOR OF Gullible’s Travels, Etc.
set up or found
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
a man of refinement
From this reading I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF Gullible’s Travels, Etc.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
plural of “manufacturer” — a business engaged in manufacturing some product
From this reading BOOK MANUFACTURERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading BOOK MANUFACTURERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
plural of “note” — a brief written record
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
in or at or to some place
From this reading I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
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From this reading I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
plural of “travel” — the act of going from one place to another
From this reading AUTHOR OF Gullible’s Travels, Etc.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I kept an appointment to-day with a gentleman from Somewhere in Connecticut.
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading BOOK MANUFACTURERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Chapter 1 of My four weeks in France by Ring Lardner holds 463 sentences, grouped into 93 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.
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