Chapter 1 of The Loudwater Tragedy is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Loudwater Tragedy is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC. CONTENTS CHAP. PROLOGUE. I. ON THE EDGE OF A SECRET. II.
Chapter 1 of The Loudwater Tragedy is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.”
a boy or man
From this reading “CONTENTS CHAP.”
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading “CONTENTS CHAP.”
(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
From this reading “BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.”
Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
From this reading “BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.”
past form of “hoodwink” — influence by slyness
From this reading “BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.”
plural of “mystery” — something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.”
an introduction to a play
From this reading “PROLOGUE.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “I. ON THE EDGE OF A SECRET.”
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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. ON THE EDGE OF A SECRET.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
a boy or man
From this reading CONTENTS CHAP.
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading CONTENTS CHAP.
(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading I. ON THE EDGE OF A SECRET.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
past form of “hoodwink” — influence by slyness
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I. ON THE EDGE OF A SECRET.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading II.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
plural of “mystery” — something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I. ON THE EDGE OF A SECRET.
an introduction to a play
From this reading PROLOGUE.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading I. ON THE EDGE OF A SECRET.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading BY T. W. SPEIGHT AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "BACK TO LIFE," ETC.
Chapter 1 of The Loudwater Tragedy by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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 150 sentences of The Loudwater Tragedy, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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