Chapter 1 of The Assassination Bureau, Ltd. is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Assassination Bureau, Ltd. is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook. The Assassination Bureau, Ltd. _Completed by Robert L. Fish from notes by Jack London_ The Assassination Bureau, Ltd. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. New York Toronto London The Assassination Bureau, Ltd. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-20448 The Assassination Bureau, Ltd.
Chapter 1 of The Assassination Bureau, Ltd. is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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further or added
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an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
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an administrative unit of government
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a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things
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successfully completed or brought to an end
the legislature of the United States government
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a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government
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the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)
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further or added
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an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
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an administrative unit of government
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showing who or what does the action
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one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
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a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things
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an institution created to conduct business
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successfully completed or brought to an end
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the legislature of the United States government
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either extremity of something that has length
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any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
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set up or found
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showing where something starts, or who sent it
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a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government
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a small worthless amount
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a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
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a room where books are kept
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the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
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near in time or place or relationship
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not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
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plural of “note” — a brief written record
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the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)
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used to talk about the future, or about willingness
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the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
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Chapter 1 of The Assassination Bureau, Ltd. by Jack London holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 413 sentences of The Assassination Bureau, Ltd., unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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