Chapter 1 of Solid Solution is here in full — 469 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Solid Solution is here in full — 469 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Brilliant? A genius? David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally! Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay. The Director did not like any of them.
Chapter 1 of Solid Solution is here in full — 469 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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form, produce, or emit bubbles
From this reading “Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.”
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading “Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.”
a performer who dances professionally
From this reading “Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.”
someone who controls resources and expenditures
From this reading “The Director did not like any of them.”
inflected form of “expel” — force to leave or move out
From this reading “Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.”
set up or lay the groundwork for
From this reading “Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.”
in a literal sense
From this reading “David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally!”
plural of “student” — a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading “Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.”
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In this reading “Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.”
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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 genius?
(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
From this reading David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading The Director did not like any of them.
plural of “brain” — that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally!
of surpassing excellence
From this reading Brilliant?
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
form, produce, or emit bubbles
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
a performer who dances professionally
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally!
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The Director did not like any of them.
someone who controls resources and expenditures
From this reading The Director did not like any of them.
inflected form of “expel” — force to leave or move out
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading A genius?
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally!
set up or lay the groundwork for
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The Director did not like any of them.
in a literal sense
From this reading David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally!
the force of workers available
From this reading David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Director did not like any of them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally!
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally!
plural of “student” — a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The Director did not like any of them.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
precisely as stated
From this reading David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men--very literally!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
a Caucasian
From this reading Three students were expelled for bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay.
Chapter 1 of Solid Solution by James Stamers holds 469 sentences, grouped into 94 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 469 sentences of Solid Solution, unabridged, divided into 94 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Solid Solution by James Stamers exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 469 sentences, grouped into 94 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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