Chapter 1 of Nothing But the Truth is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Nothing But the Truth is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc. PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y. “It can’t be done.” “Of course, it can.”
Chapter 1 of Nothing But the Truth is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc.”
plural of “bookbinder” — a worker whose trade is binding books
From this reading “BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.”
a borough of New York City
From this reading “BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.”
someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
From this reading “Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.”
plural of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading “BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.”
relating to human society and its members
From this reading “Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc.”
plural of “stroller” — someone who walks at a leisurely pace
From this reading “Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, 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.
as might be expected
In this reading ““Of course, it can.””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “It can’t be done.”
plural of “bookbinder” — a worker whose trade is binding books
From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
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From this reading PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
a borough of New York City
From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
From this reading Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Of course, it can.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It can’t be done.”
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Of course, it can.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “It can’t be done.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It can’t be done.”
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 BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
plural of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc.
relating to human society and its members
From this reading Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc.
plural of “stroller” — someone who walks at a leisurely pace
From this reading Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Author of The Strollers, Under the Rose, The Social Buccaneer, Etc.
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Chapter 1 of Nothing But the Truth by Frederic Stewart Isham holds 240 sentences, grouped into 48 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 240 sentences of Nothing But the Truth, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
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