Chapter 31 of The best short stories of 1919, and is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 31 of The best short stories of 1919, and is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DRESSER, JASMINE STONE VAN. _See_ VAN DRESSER, JASMINE STONE. DRIGGS, LAURENCE LA TOURETTE. (_See 1917 and 1918._) Two Boys of Twenty. L. H. J. Aug.
Chapter 31 of The best short stories of 1919, and is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “L. H. J. Aug.”
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “(_See 1917 and 1918._) Two Boys of Twenty.”
furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
From this reading “DRESSER, JASMINE STONE VAN.”
any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
From this reading “DRESSER, JASMINE STONE VAN.”
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “DRESSER, JASMINE STONE VAN.”
French neurologist (1857-1904)
From this reading “DRIGGS, LAURENCE LA TOURETTE.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading “(_See 1917 and 1918._) Two Boys of Twenty.”
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading “DRESSER, JASMINE STONE VAN.”
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_See 1917 and 1918._) Two Boys of Twenty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_See 1917 and 1918._) Two Boys of Twenty.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading (_See 1917 and 1918._) Two Boys of Twenty.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading L. H. J. Aug.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading (_See 1917 and 1918._) Two Boys of Twenty.
furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
From this reading DRESSER, JASMINE STONE VAN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DRIGGS, LAURENCE LA TOURETTE.
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 L. H. J. Aug.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading L. H. J. Aug.
any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
From this reading DRESSER, JASMINE STONE VAN.
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)
From this reading L. H. J. Aug.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading DRIGGS, LAURENCE LA TOURETTE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DRIGGS, LAURENCE LA TOURETTE.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading (_See 1917 and 1918._) Two Boys of Twenty.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading _See_ VAN DRESSER, JASMINE STONE.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading DRESSER, JASMINE STONE VAN.
French neurologist (1857-1904)
From this reading DRIGGS, LAURENCE LA TOURETTE.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading (_See 1917 and 1918._) Two Boys of Twenty.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading (_See 1917 and 1918._) Two Boys of Twenty.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading DRESSER, JASMINE STONE VAN.
Chapter 31 of The best short stories of 1919, and by Edward J. (Edward Joseph) [Editor] O'Brien holds 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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 31 holds 391 sentences of The best short stories of 1919, and, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 31 of The best short stories of 1919, and by Edward J. (Edward Joseph) [Editor] O'Brien exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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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