Chapter 1 of The Jugglers: A Story is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Jugglers: A Story is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. _Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1911. _Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Chapter 1 of The Jugglers: A Story is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada
From this reading “OF CANADA, LTD.”
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
From this reading “_Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
suitable to or characteristic of drama
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading “Published October, 1911.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “_Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading “Published October, 1911.”
set aside for the use of a particular person or party
From this reading “_Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
plural of “right” — an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
From this reading “_Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ Set up and electrotyped.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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set up or found
In this reading “_Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ Set up and electrotyped.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Published October, 1911.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ Set up and electrotyped.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ Set up and electrotyped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada
From this reading OF CANADA, LTD.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading THE MACMILLAN CO.
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
suitable to or characteristic of drama
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ Set up and electrotyped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ Set up and electrotyped.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OF CANADA, LTD.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE MACMILLAN CO.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading Published October, 1911.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF CANADA, LTD.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ Set up and electrotyped.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading Published October, 1911.
set aside for the use of a particular person or party
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ Set up and electrotyped.
plural of “right” — an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ Set up and electrotyped.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ Set up and electrotyped.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MACMILLAN CO.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved._ Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading _Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ Set up and electrotyped.
Chapter 1 of The Jugglers: A Story by Molly Elliot Seawell holds 297 sentences, grouped into 60 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 297 sentences of The Jugglers: A Story, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Jugglers: A Story by Molly Elliot Seawell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 297 sentences, grouped into 60 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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