Chapter 1 of The Heath Hover Mystery is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Heath Hover Mystery is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto. This edition dated 1911. The Heath Hover Mystery, by Bertram Mitford. ________________________________________________________________________ THE HEATH HOVER MYSTERY, BY BERTRAM MITFORD. CHAPTER ONE.
Chapter 1 of The Heath Hover Mystery is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading “This edition dated 1911.”
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “This edition dated 1911.”
a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
From this reading “The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.”
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
From this reading “The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.”
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading “The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.”
the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)
From this reading “The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.”
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading “The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.”
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From this reading This edition dated 1911.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
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an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading This edition dated 1911.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading This edition dated 1911.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
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 The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
fasten with a lock
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996)
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This edition dated 1911.
the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading The Heath Hover Mystery By Bertram Mitford Illustrations by F.H. Drestier Published by Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, London, Melbourne and Toronto.
Chapter 1 of The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 434 sentences of The Heath Hover Mystery, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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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