Chapter 1 of Quicksands is here in full — 672 sentences across 135 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Quicksands is here in full — 672 sentences across 135 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS. A. L. WISTER. Banned and Blessed. After the German of E. Werner. Fine cloth.
Chapter 1 of Quicksands is here in full — 672 sentences across 135 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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forbidden by law
From this reading “Banned and Blessed.”
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading “Banned and Blessed.”
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “Fine cloth.”
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading “Fine cloth.”
a person of German nationality
From this reading “POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS.”
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading “POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS.”
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading “POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS.”
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 “Fine cloth.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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. L. WISTER.
later than; following
From this reading POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Banned and Blessed.
forbidden by law
From this reading Banned and Blessed.
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading Banned and Blessed.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading Fine cloth.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading After the German of E. Werner.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading Fine cloth.
a person of German nationality
From this reading POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading A. L. WISTER.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After the German of E. Werner.
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading After the German of E. Werner.
United States writer (1860-1938)
From this reading A. L. WISTER.
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS.
Chapter 1 of Quicksands by Adolf Streckfuss holds 672 sentences, grouped into 135 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 672 sentences of Quicksands, unabridged, divided into 135 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Quicksands by Adolf Streckfuss exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 672 sentences, grouped into 135 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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