Chapter 24 of The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 24 of The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A BACK-STITCH. This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb. One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum. Tum, tum, tum! Tum, tum, tum!
Chapter 24 of The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading “This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb.”
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
From this reading “One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.”
formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
From this reading “One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.”
young sheep
From this reading “This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb.”
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.”
repeated heavy blows
From this reading “One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.”
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.”
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
From this reading “One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.”
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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 A BACK-STITCH.
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A BACK-STITCH.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
From this reading One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.
formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
From this reading One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb.
young sheep
From this reading This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.
repeated heavy blows
From this reading One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb.
in or at that place or location
From this reading One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading Tum, tum, tum!
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
From this reading One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was how Aronson made the acquaintance of Serena Lamb.
in or at the place that
From this reading One day there resounded through the Ghetto (where Aronson lived) the pounding of a violent drum.
Chapter 24 of The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery by William Augustine Leahy holds 272 sentences, grouped into 55 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 24 holds 272 sentences of The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
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