Chapter 1 of The Awful Australian is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Awful Australian is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher. PHIL MAY. GEORGE LAMBERT. B.E. MINNS. D.H. SOUTER.
Chapter 1 of The Awful Australian is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of or relating to billiards
From this reading “New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.”
a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)
From this reading “New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.”
believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
From this reading “New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.”
someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading “New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.”
a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
From this reading “GEORGE LAMBERT.”
written matter that is recited from memory
From this reading “New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.”
plural of “rhyme” — correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
From this reading “New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.”
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading “New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.”
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.
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aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading B.E. MINNS.
of or relating to billiards
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading D.H. SOUTER.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading B.E. MINNS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
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 GEORGE LAMBERT.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading D.H. SOUTER.
-ing form of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
From this reading GEORGE LAMBERT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading PHIL MAY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading B.E. MINNS.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PHIL MAY.
written matter that is recited from memory
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
plural of “rhyme” — correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading D.H. SOUTER.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
literature in metrical form
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading New Volume of Smart Bulletin Verse The Kiss of Dolly Day & other CYNICAL RHYMES FOR RECITATION. including THE BILLIARD MARKER'S YARN by Edmund Fisher.
Chapter 1 of The Awful Australian by Montague Grover holds 71 sentences, grouped into 15 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 71 sentences of The Awful Australian, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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