Chapter 1 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WAR. "THE REBELS AND YANKEES." I RAISE A REGIMENT TO FIGHT. DIFFICULTY IN FINDING AN ENEMY. ASH SAKE.
Chapter 1 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the residue that remains when something is burned
From this reading “ASH SAKE.”
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading “DIFFICULTY IN FINDING AN ENEMY.”
an opposing military force
From this reading “DIFFICULTY IN FINDING AN ENEMY.”
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading “DIFFICULTY IN FINDING AN ENEMY.”
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading “I RAISE A REGIMENT TO FIGHT.”
plural of “rebel” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “"THE REBELS AND YANKEES."”
subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
From this reading “I RAISE A REGIMENT TO FIGHT.”
plural of “yankee” — an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
From this reading “"THE REBELS AND YANKEES."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 I RAISE A REGIMENT TO FIGHT.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading DIFFICULTY IN FINDING AN ENEMY.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "THE REBELS AND YANKEES."
the residue that remains when something is burned
From this reading ASH SAKE.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading DIFFICULTY IN FINDING AN ENEMY.
an opposing military force
From this reading DIFFICULTY IN FINDING AN ENEMY.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading I RAISE A REGIMENT TO FIGHT.
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading DIFFICULTY IN FINDING AN ENEMY.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I RAISE A REGIMENT TO FIGHT.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DIFFICULTY IN FINDING AN ENEMY.
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading I RAISE A REGIMENT TO FIGHT.
plural of “rebel” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading "THE REBELS AND YANKEES."
subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
From this reading I RAISE A REGIMENT TO FIGHT.
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading ASH SAKE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "THE REBELS AND YANKEES."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I RAISE A REGIMENT TO FIGHT.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading WAR.
plural of “yankee” — an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
From this reading "THE REBELS AND YANKEES."
Chapter 1 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better by Nat Love holds 63 sentences, grouped into 13 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 63 sentences of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.
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