Chapter 1 of Stories of the Bible, Volume 1 is here in full — 493 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Stories of the Bible, Volume 1 is here in full — 493 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VOLUME I. STORIES OF THE BIBLE. THE CREATION. Many, many years ago there was no earth. There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.
Chapter 1 of Stories of the Bible, Volume 1 is here in full — 493 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.”
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading “STORIES OF THE BIBLE.”
the human act of creating
From this reading “THE CREATION.”
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading “There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.”
plural of “plant” — buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading “There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.”
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 OF THE BIBLE.”
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading “VOLUME I.”
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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 “Many, many years ago there was no earth.”
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in the past
From this reading Many, many years ago there was no earth.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading STORIES OF THE BIBLE.
the human act of creating
From this reading THE CREATION.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Many, many years ago there was no earth.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading VOLUME I.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Many, many years ago there was no earth.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.
not any; not one
From this reading Many, many years ago there was no earth.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading STORIES OF THE BIBLE.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.
plural of “plant” — buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.
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 OF THE BIBLE.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading STORIES OF THE BIBLE.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Many, many years ago there was no earth.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading VOLUME I.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Many, many years ago there was no earth.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were no plants, nor animals; no sun; no moon; neither were there any people.
a late time of life
From this reading Many, many years ago there was no earth.
Chapter 1 of Stories of the Bible, Volume 1 by Myles Endicott holds 493 sentences, grouped into 99 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 493 sentences of Stories of the Bible, Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 99 reading sections.
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