Chapter 1 of Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 No. 13, July 17, 1858 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 No. 13, July 17, 1858 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Life of Stephen H. Branch. 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820. Editorial Career of James 3 Gordon Bennett. Advertisements. 4 Volume I.—No. 13.] SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1858.
Chapter 1 of Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 No. 13, July 17, 1858 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “advertisement” — a public promotion of some product or service
From this reading “Advertisements.”
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
From this reading “Editorial Career of James 3 Gordon Bennett.”
a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts
From this reading “1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.”
possessive form of “cooper” — United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883)
of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives
From this reading “Editorial Career of James 3 Gordon Bennett.”
a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
From this reading “1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.”
of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
From this reading “1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.”
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading “Life of Stephen H. Branch.”
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.
In this reading “1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
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From this reading 4 Volume I.—No. 13.] SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1858.
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From this reading 4 Volume I.—No. 13.] SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1858.
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From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
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From this reading 4 Volume I.—No. 13.] SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1858.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Editorial Career of James 3 Gordon Bennett.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 4 Volume I.—No. 13.] SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1858.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
plural of “advertisement” — a public promotion of some product or service
From this reading Advertisements.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
From this reading Editorial Career of James 3 Gordon Bennett.
a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading Life of Stephen H. Branch.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading Editorial Career of James 3 Gordon Bennett.
possessive form of “cooper” — United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883)
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives
From this reading Editorial Career of James 3 Gordon Bennett.
a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Editorial Career of James 3 Gordon Bennett.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
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 Life of Stephen H. Branch.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 4 Volume I.—No. 13.] SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1858.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading Editorial Career of James 3 Gordon Bennett.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading 4 Volume I.—No. 13.] SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1858.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Life of Stephen H. Branch.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
not any; not one
From this reading 4 Volume I.—No. 13.] SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1858.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Life of Stephen H. Branch.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading 4 Volume I.—No. 13.] SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1858.
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading Life of Stephen H. Branch.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 1 A Primary Election at Peter 2 Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading 4 Volume I.—No. 13.] SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1858.
Chapter 1 of Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 No. 13, July 17, 1858 by Stephen H.[Editor] Branch holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 417 sentences of Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 No. 13, July 17, 1858, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 No. 13, July 17, 1858 by Stephen H.[Editor] Branch exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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