Chapter 1 of On the Kentucky Frontier is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of On the Kentucky Frontier is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
KENTUCKY FRONTIER. A STORY OF THE FIGHTING PIONEERS OF THE WEST. With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER. BY JAMES OTIS. PREFACE.
Chapter 1 of On the Kentucky Frontier is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
From this reading “With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER.”
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading “KENTUCKY FRONTIER.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER.”
a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
From this reading “KENTUCKY FRONTIER.”
United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
From this reading “BY JAMES OTIS.”
plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
From this reading “A STORY OF THE FIGHTING PIONEERS OF THE WEST.”
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading “PREFACE.”
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
From this reading “With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER.”
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.
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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 A STORY OF THE FIGHTING PIONEERS OF THE WEST.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER.
English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
From this reading With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER.
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
From this reading A STORY OF THE FIGHTING PIONEERS OF THE WEST.
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading KENTUCKY FRONTIER.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading BY JAMES OTIS.
a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
From this reading KENTUCKY FRONTIER.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A STORY OF THE FIGHTING PIONEERS OF THE WEST.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER.
United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
From this reading BY JAMES OTIS.
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER.
plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
From this reading A STORY OF THE FIGHTING PIONEERS OF THE WEST.
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading PREFACE.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading A STORY OF THE FIGHTING PIONEERS OF THE WEST.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A STORY OF THE FIGHTING PIONEERS OF THE WEST.
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
From this reading With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading A STORY OF THE FIGHTING PIONEERS OF THE WEST.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER.
Chapter 1 of On the Kentucky Frontier by James Otis holds 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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 146 sentences of On the Kentucky Frontier, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of On the Kentucky Frontier by James Otis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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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