Chapter 1 of Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Stories by American Authors V. A LIGHT MAN. By Henry James. YATIL. By F.D. Millet.
Chapter 1 of Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading “Stories by American Authors V.”
plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “Stories by American Authors V.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “By Henry James.”
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 “By Henry James.”
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading “A LIGHT MAN.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “A LIGHT MAN.”
any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
From this reading “By F.D. Millet.”
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “Stories by American Authors V.”
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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 LIGHT MAN.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading Stories by American Authors V.
plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Stories by American Authors V.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Stories by American Authors V.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading By F.D. Millet.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading By F.D. Millet.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading By Henry James.
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 By Henry James.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading A LIGHT MAN.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A LIGHT MAN.
any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
From this reading By F.D. Millet.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Stories by American Authors V.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading Stories by American Authors V.
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From this reading YATIL.
Chapter 1 of Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by Henry [Contributor] James holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 437 sentences of Stories by American Authors, Volume 5, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by Henry [Contributor] James exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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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