Chapter 1 of Sawn Off: A Tale of a Family Tree is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Sawn Off: A Tale of a Family Tree is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sawn Off, by George Manville Fenn. ________________________________________________________________________ SAWN OFF, BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. VOLUME ONE, CHAPTER ONE. NABOTH AND HIS VINEYARD. "Papa!"
Chapter 1 of Sawn Off: A Tale of a Family Tree is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “VOLUME ONE, CHAPTER ONE.”
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 “Sawn Off, by George Manville Fenn.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Sawn Off, by George Manville Fenn.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “VOLUME ONE, CHAPTER ONE.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “"Papa!"”
a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced
From this reading “NABOTH AND HIS VINEYARD.”
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading “VOLUME ONE, CHAPTER ONE.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NABOTH AND HIS VINEYARD.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Sawn Off, by George Manville Fenn.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading VOLUME ONE, CHAPTER ONE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sawn Off, by George Manville Fenn.
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 Sawn Off, by George Manville Fenn.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading NABOTH AND HIS VINEYARD.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sawn Off, by George Manville Fenn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NABOTH AND HIS VINEYARD.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Sawn Off, by George Manville Fenn.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading VOLUME ONE, CHAPTER ONE.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading "Papa!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sawn Off, by George Manville Fenn.
a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced
From this reading NABOTH AND HIS VINEYARD.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading VOLUME ONE, CHAPTER ONE.
Chapter 1 of Sawn Off: A Tale of a Family Tree by George Manville Fenn holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 408 sentences of Sawn Off: A Tale of a Family Tree, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Sawn Off: A Tale of a Family Tree by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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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