Chapter 1 of Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RED ROONEY, BY R.M. BALLANTYNE. A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century. CHAPTER ONE. THE LAST OF THE CREW. LOST AND FOUND.
Chapter 1 of Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a period of 100 years
From this reading “A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading “THE LAST OF THE CREW.”
coming next after the seventeenth in position
From this reading “A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.”
a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (“eaters of raw flesh”) but they call themselves the Inuit (“the people”)
From this reading “A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.”
the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark
From this reading “A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.”
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “RED ROONEY, BY R.M. BALLANTYNE.”
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 Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.”
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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 Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LOST AND FOUND.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RED ROONEY, BY R.M. BALLANTYNE.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading RED ROONEY, BY R.M. BALLANTYNE.
a period of 100 years
From this reading A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading THE LAST OF THE CREW.
coming next after the seventeenth in position
From this reading A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (“eaters of raw flesh”) but they call themselves the Inuit (“the people”)
From this reading A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
set up or found
From this reading LOST AND FOUND.
the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark
From this reading A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
immediately past
From this reading THE LAST OF THE CREW.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading LOST AND FOUND.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading RED ROONEY, BY R.M. BALLANTYNE.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading RED ROONEY, BY R.M. BALLANTYNE.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading RED ROONEY, BY R.M. BALLANTYNE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RED ROONEY, BY R.M. BALLANTYNE.
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 Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Tale of Eskimo (Innuit) Life in Greenland at the end of the Eighteenth Century.
Chapter 1 of Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 412 sentences of Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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