Chapter 21 of The best short stories of 1920, and is here in full — 509 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The best short stories of 1920, and is here in full — 509 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
#Linderman, Frank Bird.# *On a Passing Frontier. Scribner. #Linton, C. E.# Earthomotor. Privately Printed. #McCarter, Margaret Hill.# Paying Mother.
Chapter 21 of The best short stories of 1920, and is here in full — 509 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “#Linderman, Frank Bird.# *On a Passing Frontier.”
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading “#Linderman, Frank Bird.# *On a Passing Frontier.”
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading “#Linderman, Frank Bird.# *On a Passing Frontier.”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “#McCarter, Margaret Hill.# Paying Mother.”
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading “#Linderman, Frank Bird.# *On a Passing Frontier.”
yielding a fair profit
From this reading “#McCarter, Margaret Hill.# Paying Mother.”
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading “Privately Printed.”
kept private or confined to those intimately concerned
From this reading “Privately Printed.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading #Linderman, Frank Bird.# *On a Passing Frontier.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading #Linderman, Frank Bird.# *On a Passing Frontier.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading #Linton, C. E.# Earthomotor.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading #Linton, C. E.# Earthomotor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading #Linton, C. E.# Earthomotor.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading #Linderman, Frank Bird.# *On a Passing Frontier.
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading #Linderman, Frank Bird.# *On a Passing Frontier.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading #McCarter, Margaret Hill.# Paying Mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading #Linderman, Frank Bird.# *On a Passing Frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading #Linton, C. E.# Earthomotor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading #McCarter, Margaret Hill.# Paying Mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading #McCarter, Margaret Hill.# Paying Mother.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading #McCarter, Margaret Hill.# Paying Mother.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading #Linderman, Frank Bird.# *On a Passing Frontier.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading #Linderman, Frank Bird.# *On a Passing Frontier.
yielding a fair profit
From this reading #McCarter, Margaret Hill.# Paying Mother.
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading Privately Printed.
kept private or confined to those intimately concerned
From this reading Privately Printed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Scribner.
Chapter 21 of The best short stories of 1920, and by Edward J. (Edward Joseph) [Editor] O'Brien holds 509 sentences, grouped into 102 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 21 holds 509 sentences of The best short stories of 1920, and, unabridged, divided into 102 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of The best short stories of 1920, and by Edward J. (Edward Joseph) [Editor] O'Brien exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 509 sentences, grouped into 102 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.
Work through the 102 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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