Chapter 1 of Tales of Humour, Gallantry & Romance, Selected and Translated from is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Tales of Humour, Gallantry & Romance, Selected and Translated from is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Selected And Translated From The Italian. With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank. The Fatal Mistake.......
Chapter 1 of Tales of Humour, Gallantry & Romance, Selected and Translated from is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “drawing” — an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading “With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank.”
bringing death
From this reading “The Fatal Mistake.......”
clarifying by use of examples
From this reading “With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank.”
a native or inhabitant of Italy
From this reading “Selected And Translated From The Italian.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “The Fatal Mistake.......”
chosen in preference to another
From this reading “Selected And Translated From The Italian.”
being one more than fifteen
From this reading “With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank.”
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading “Selected And Translated From The Italian.”
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 “The Fatal Mistake.......”
In this reading “Selected And Translated From The Italian.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Selected And Translated From The Italian.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank.
plural of “drawing” — an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank.
bringing death
From this reading The Fatal Mistake.......
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Selected And Translated From The Italian.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank.
clarifying by use of examples
From this reading With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank.
a native or inhabitant of Italy
From this reading Selected And Translated From The Italian.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading The Fatal Mistake.......
chosen in preference to another
From this reading Selected And Translated From The Italian.
being one more than fifteen
From this reading With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Selected And Translated From The Italian.
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading Selected And Translated From The Italian.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank.
Chapter 1 of Tales of Humour, Gallantry & Romance, Selected and Translated from by George [Illustrator] Cruikshank holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 441 sentences of Tales of Humour, Gallantry & Romance, Selected and Translated from, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Tales of Humour, Gallantry & Romance, Selected and Translated from by George [Illustrator] Cruikshank exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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