Chapter 19 of The bacillus of beauty is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The bacillus of beauty is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LOVE is ALL! Thursday, Jan. 30. I've been trying to read, but I can't. Pale heroines in books are so dull!
Chapter 19 of The bacillus of beauty is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading “Pale heroines in books are so dull!”
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading “Pale heroines in books are so dull!”
plural of “heroine” — the main good female character in a work of fiction
From this reading “Pale heroines in books are so dull!”
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading “Thursday, Jan.”
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading “Pale heroines in books are so dull!”
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading “I've been trying to read, but I can't.”
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading “Thursday, Jan.”
hard to endure
From this reading “I've been trying to read, but I can't.”
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From this reading 30.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading LOVE is ALL!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Pale heroines in books are so dull!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I've been trying to read, but I can't.
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From this reading Pale heroines in books are so dull!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I've been trying to read, but I can't.
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From this reading I've been trying to read, but I can't.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading Pale heroines in books are so dull!
plural of “heroine” — the main good female character in a work of fiction
From this reading Pale heroines in books are so dull!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I've been trying to read, but I can't.
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From this reading I've been trying to read, but I can't.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pale heroines in books are so dull!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LOVE is ALL!
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading Thursday, Jan.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading LOVE is ALL!
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading Pale heroines in books are so dull!
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading I've been trying to read, but I can't.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Pale heroines in books are so dull!
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading Thursday, Jan.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I've been trying to read, but I can't.
hard to endure
From this reading I've been trying to read, but I can't.
Chapter 19 of The bacillus of beauty by Harriet Stark holds 213 sentences, grouped into 43 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 19 holds 213 sentences of The bacillus of beauty, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The bacillus of beauty by Harriet Stark exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 213 sentences, grouped into 43 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.
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