Chapter 1 of Sweet Violet is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Sweet Violet is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY MRS. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER. A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line. An Unequaled Collection of Modern Romances.
Chapter 1 of Sweet Violet is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
From this reading “An Unequaled Collection of Modern Romances.”
past form of “issue” — prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
From this reading “A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.”
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.”
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading “McVEIGH MILLER.”
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading “An Unequaled Collection of Modern Romances.”
plural of “romance” — a relationship between two lovers
From this reading “An Unequaled Collection of Modern Romances.”
radically distinctive and without equal
From this reading “An Unequaled Collection of Modern Romances.”
a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)
From this reading “A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.”
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 “A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.”
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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 Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALEX.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An Unequaled Collection of Modern Romances.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY MRS.
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
From this reading An Unequaled Collection of Modern Romances.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.
past form of “issue” — prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
From this reading A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading McVEIGH MILLER.
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading McVEIGH MILLER.
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading An Unequaled Collection of Modern Romances.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading BY MRS.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An Unequaled Collection of Modern Romances.
plural of “romance” — a relationship between two lovers
From this reading An Unequaled Collection of Modern Romances.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.
radically distinctive and without equal
From this reading An Unequaled Collection of Modern Romances.
a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)
From this reading A Big New Book Issued Weekly in this Line.
Chapter 1 of Sweet Violet by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 180 sentences of Sweet Violet, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Sweet Violet by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 36 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.
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About 322 minutes of reading across 774 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Sweet Violet, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
