Chapter 1 of The Inheritors is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Inheritors is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day. Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO. _London, William Heinemann._ _1901, by_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO. _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said. "Oh, as for ideas--" "Well?"
Chapter 1 of The Inheritors is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading “_"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.”
take in liquids
From this reading “Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.”
take in solid food
From this reading “Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.”
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “_The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading “_The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading “_"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
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From this reading _London, William Heinemann._ _1901, by_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Oh, as for ideas--" "Well?"
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From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _London, William Heinemann._ _1901, by_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
take in liquids
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
take in solid food
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading _London, William Heinemann._ _1901, by_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading _London, William Heinemann._ _1901, by_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, as for ideas--" "Well?"
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From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
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From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
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From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Oh, as for ideas--" "Well?"
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From this reading _London, William Heinemann._ _1901, by_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
Chapter 1 of The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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