Chapter 1 of Selling Point is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Selling Point is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market. Perfected? Nobody had considered the one defect! "Good morning, madam," Ira said. "I represent...."
Chapter 1 of Selling Point is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “blossom” — produce or yield flowers
From this reading “A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.”
an imperfection in a bodily system
From this reading “Nobody had considered the one defect!”
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading “A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.”
a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
From this reading “"Good morning, madam," Ira said.”
plural of “model” — a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading “A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.”
(of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed
From this reading “A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.”
take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
From this reading “"I represent...."”
a mechanism that can move automatically
From this reading “A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.”
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 new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
past form of “blossom” — produce or yield flowers
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
carefully weighed
From this reading Nobody had considered the one defect!
an imperfection in a bodily system
From this reading Nobody had considered the one defect!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good morning, madam," Ira said.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nobody had considered the one defect!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I represent...."
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
From this reading "Good morning, madam," Ira said.
a woman of refinement
From this reading "Good morning, madam," Ira said.
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
plural of “model” — a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading "Good morning, madam," Ira said.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody had considered the one defect!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Nobody had considered the one defect!
(of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
From this reading "I represent...."
a mechanism that can move automatically
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Good morning, madam," Ira said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
at the time that
From this reading A new industry blossomed when U.S. Robot Company put their perfected models on the market.
Chapter 1 of Selling Point by Norman Arkawy holds 168 sentences, grouped into 34 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 168 sentences of Selling Point, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Selling Point by Norman Arkawy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 168 sentences, grouped into 34 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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