Chapter 1 of The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ELECTRICITY AND ITS EVERYDAY USES By John F. Woodhull, Ph.D. HOME DECORATION By Charles Franklin Warner, Sc.D. OUTDOOR SPORTS, AND GAMES By Claude H. Miller, Ph.B. OUTDOOR WORK By Mary Rogers Miller WORKING IN METALS By Charles Conrad Sleffel HOME DECORATION BY PROF. CHARLES F. WARNER, Sc.D.
Chapter 1 of The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924)
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something used to beautify
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a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
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found in the ordinary course of events
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plural of “metal” — any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
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located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
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United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958)
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United States advocate of women's suffrage; in 1872 she was the first woman to run for the United States presidency (1838-1927)
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a sport that is played outdoors
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
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showing who or what does the action
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King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
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English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924)
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a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
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something used to beautify
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a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
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found in the ordinary course of events
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a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
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United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
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plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner
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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
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where you live at a particular time
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
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a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
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the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
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plural of “metal” — any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
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United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
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located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
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(from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter
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someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
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United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935)
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a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite
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plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
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plural of “use” — the act of using
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United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958)
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United States advocate of women's suffrage; in 1872 she was the first woman to run for the United States presidency (1838-1927)
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exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
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actively engaged in paid work
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Chapter 1 of The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration by Charles Franklin Warner holds 452 sentences, grouped into 91 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 452 sentences of The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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