Chapter 1 of Real Gold: A Story of Adventure is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Real Gold: A Story of Adventure is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Real Gold, by George Manville Fenn. ________________________________________________________________________ REAL GOLD, BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. CHAPTER ONE. A CHAT IN A BOAT. "Bother the old fish!"
Chapter 1 of Real Gold: A Story of Adventure is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “A CHAT IN A BOAT.”
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading “"Bother the old fish!"”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading “A CHAT IN A BOAT.”
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading “"Bother the old fish!"”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “Real Gold, by George Manville Fenn.”
coins made of gold
From this reading “Real Gold, by George Manville Fenn.”
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading “Real Gold, by George Manville Fenn.”
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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 CHAT IN A BOAT.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading A CHAT IN A BOAT.
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading "Bother the old fish!"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Real Gold, by George Manville Fenn.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading A CHAT IN A BOAT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Real Gold, by George Manville Fenn.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading "Bother the old fish!"
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading Real Gold, by George Manville Fenn.
coins made of gold
From this reading Real Gold, by George Manville Fenn.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A CHAT IN A BOAT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Real Gold, by George Manville Fenn.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Bother the old fish!"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading Real Gold, by George Manville Fenn.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Bother the old fish!"
Chapter 1 of Real Gold: A Story of Adventure by George Manville Fenn holds 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 435 sentences of Real Gold: A Story of Adventure, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Real Gold: A Story of Adventure by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
Work through the 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 87 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
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