Chapter 30 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Whittaker, Frederick: Alligator Ike, 28. Black Nick, the demon rider, 47. Black Nick, the hermit of the hills, 63. The black wizard, 54. Boone, the hunter, 63.
Chapter 30 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
leather made from alligator's hide
From this reading “Whittaker, Frederick: Alligator Ike, 28.”
an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820)
From this reading “Boone, the hunter, 63.”
an evil supernatural being
From this reading “Black Nick, the demon rider, 47.”
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading “Whittaker, Frederick: Alligator Ike, 28.”
one retired from society for religious reasons
From this reading “Black Nick, the hermit of the hills, 63.”
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961)
From this reading “Whittaker, Frederick: Alligator Ike, 28.”
a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
From this reading “Black Nick, the demon rider, 47.”
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
From this reading “The black wizard, 54.”
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.
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From this reading Whittaker, Frederick: Alligator Ike, 28.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Black Nick, the demon rider, 47.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The black wizard, 54.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Black Nick, the hermit of the hills, 63.
leather made from alligator's hide
From this reading Whittaker, Frederick: Alligator Ike, 28.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Black Nick, the demon rider, 47.
an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820)
From this reading Boone, the hunter, 63.
an evil supernatural being
From this reading Black Nick, the demon rider, 47.
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading Whittaker, Frederick: Alligator Ike, 28.
one retired from society for religious reasons
From this reading Black Nick, the hermit of the hills, 63.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Black Nick, the hermit of the hills, 63.
someone who hunts game
From this reading Boone, the hunter, 63.
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961)
From this reading Whittaker, Frederick: Alligator Ike, 28.
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading Black Nick, the demon rider, 47.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Black Nick, the hermit of the hills, 63.
a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
From this reading Black Nick, the demon rider, 47.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Black Nick, the demon rider, 47.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Whittaker, Frederick: Alligator Ike, 28.
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
From this reading The black wizard, 54.
Chapter 30 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels by New York Public Library holds 465 sentences, grouped into 93 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 30 holds 465 sentences of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 30 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels by New York Public Library exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 465 sentences, grouped into 93 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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