Chapter 1 of Snap-Dragons is here in full — 773 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Snap-Dragons is here in full — 773 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Snap-Dragons, by J.H. Ewing. ________________________________________________________________________ SNAP-DRAGONS, BY J.H. EWING. CHAPTER ONE. MR AND MRS SKRATDJ. Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.
Chapter 1 of Snap-Dragons is here in full — 773 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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definite but not specified or identified
From this reading “Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
a social unit living together
From this reading “Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.”
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “MR AND MRS SKRATDJ.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.”
on one occasion
From this reading “Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.”
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In this reading “Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.”
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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 Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MR AND MRS SKRATDJ.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Snap-Dragons, by J.H. Ewing.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Snap-Dragons, by J.H. Ewing.
a social unit living together
From this reading Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading Snap-Dragons, by J.H. Ewing.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading Snap-Dragons, by J.H. Ewing.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR AND MRS SKRATDJ.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MR AND MRS SKRATDJ.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.
on one occasion
From this reading Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MR AND MRS SKRATDJ.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Snap-Dragons, by J.H. Ewing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Once upon a time there lived a certain family of the name of Skratdj.
Chapter 1 of Snap-Dragons by Juliana Horatia Ewing holds 773 sentences, grouped into 155 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 773 sentences of Snap-Dragons, unabridged, divided into 155 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Snap-Dragons by Juliana Horatia Ewing exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 773 sentences, grouped into 155 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 155 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 64 minutes of reading across 155 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Snap-Dragons, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
