Chapter 22 of The best short stories of 1920, and is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 22 of The best short stories of 1920, and is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
#Calthrop, Dion Clayton.# O. Henry. London Observer. May 2. #Chekhov, Anton.# Diary. Ath.
Chapter 22 of The best short stories of 1920, and is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904)
From this reading “#Chekhov, Anton.# Diary.”
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
From this reading “#Chekhov, Anton.# Diary.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “#Calthrop, Dion Clayton.# O. Henry.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “London Observer.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “May 2.”
a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
From this reading “London Observer.”
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From this reading May 2.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading #Chekhov, Anton.# Diary.
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From this reading Ath.
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From this reading #Calthrop, Dion Clayton.# O. Henry.
Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904)
From this reading #Chekhov, Anton.# Diary.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading #Calthrop, Dion Clayton.# O. Henry.
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
From this reading #Chekhov, Anton.# Diary.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading #Calthrop, Dion Clayton.# O. Henry.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading #Calthrop, Dion Clayton.# O. Henry.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading London Observer.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May 2.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading #Calthrop, Dion Clayton.# O. Henry.
a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
From this reading London Observer.
Chapter 22 of The best short stories of 1920, and by Edward J. (Edward Joseph) [Editor] O'Brien holds 504 sentences, grouped into 101 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 22 holds 504 sentences of The best short stories of 1920, and, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 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 504 sentences, grouped into 101 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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