Chapter I
Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of The Apricot Tree is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
APRICOT TREE. CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. AND 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE. Price TWOPENCE. _Bread Street Hill_.
The Apricot Tree
Chapter I · Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of The Apricot Tree is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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APRICOT
TREE.
CHRISTIAN
KNOWLEDGE.
AND
4,
ROYAL
EXCHANGE.
Price
TWOPENCE.
_Bread
Street
Hill_.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
The Apricot Tree
Chapter I · Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of The Apricot Tree is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/56 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
APRICOT
TREE.
/ˈeɪprəkɑːt triː/
Line 2
CHRISTIAN
KNOWLEDGE.
/ˈkrɪstʃən ˈnɑːlədʒ/
Line 3
AND
4,
ROYAL
EXCHANGE.
Line 4
Price
TWOPENCE.
Line 5
_Bread
Street
Hill_.
/bred striːt hɪl/
Learner Dictionary
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
apricot
noun
US /ˈeɪprəkɑːt/
Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
From this reading “APRICOT TREE.”
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
From this reading “CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.”
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading “AND 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE.”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading “Price TWOPENCE.”
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading “AND 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE.”
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading “APRICOT TREE.”
All words in this reading · 13
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From this reading AND 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AND 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE.
APRICOTnounUS /ˈeɪprəkɑːt/
Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
From this reading APRICOT TREE.
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading _Bread Street Hill_.
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
From this reading CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading AND 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading _Bread Street Hill_.
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading Price TWOPENCE.
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading AND 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading _Bread Street Hill_.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading APRICOT TREE.
TWOPENCEnoun
a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
From this reading Price TWOPENCE.
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Vocabulary met early in The Apricot Tree
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Apricot Tree, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Apricot
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Apricot Tree; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Christian
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Apricot Tree; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Knowledge
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Apricot Tree; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Royal
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