Chapter 1 of The Boy With the U. S. Survey is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Boy With the U. S. Survey is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
U. S. SERVICE SERIES. With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO. Norwood, Mass. U. S. A.
Chapter 1 of The Boy With the U. S. Survey is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
of or relating to or based on geology
From this reading “With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading “With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
plural of “photograph” — a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
From this reading “With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading “U. S. SERVICE SERIES.”
United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
From this reading “With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
a detailed critical inspection
From this reading “With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
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In this reading “With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
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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 U. S. A.
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From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
of or relating to or based on geology
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading Norwood, Mass.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.
plural of “photograph” — a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading U. S. SERVICE SERIES.
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading U. S. SERVICE SERIES.
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading U. S. SERVICE SERIES.
United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.
a detailed critical inspection
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
being seven more than thirty
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading U. S. SERVICE SERIES.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Thirty-seven Illustrations from Photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Survey BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Chapter 1 of The Boy With the U. S. Survey by Francis Rolt-Wheeler holds 220 sentences, grouped into 44 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 1 holds 220 sentences of The Boy With the U. S. Survey, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Boy With the U. S. Survey by Francis Rolt-Wheeler exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 220 sentences, grouped into 44 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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