Chapter 1 of The shears of destiny is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The shears of destiny is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man. PRINCESS OLGA VALENKO. GENERAL VALENKO, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg. JOHN HOWARD, Drexel’s uncle, an American capitalist. MRS.
Chapter 1 of The shears of destiny is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 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 “Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.”
a conservative advocate of capitalism
From this reading “JOHN HOWARD, Drexel’s uncle, an American capitalist.”
transfer power to someone
From this reading “Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.”
the head of a state government
From this reading “GENERAL VALENKO, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg.”
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading “JOHN HOWARD, Drexel’s uncle, an American capitalist.”
of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
From this reading “GENERAL VALENKO, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg.”
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading “Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.”
a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War
From this reading “GENERAL VALENKO, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg.”
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the head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country)
In this reading “GENERAL VALENKO, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg.”
In this reading “Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.”
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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 Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading JOHN HOWARD, Drexel’s uncle, an American capitalist.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
a conservative advocate of capitalism
From this reading JOHN HOWARD, Drexel’s uncle, an American capitalist.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
transfer power to someone
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOHN HOWARD, Drexel’s uncle, an American capitalist.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading GENERAL VALENKO, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading GENERAL VALENKO, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg.
the head of a state government
From this reading GENERAL VALENKO, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg.
an old form of “has”
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading GENERAL VALENKO, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading JOHN HOWARD, Drexel’s uncle, an American capitalist.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN HOWARD, Drexel’s uncle, an American capitalist.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
From this reading GENERAL VALENKO, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PRINCESS OLGA VALENKO.
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War
From this reading GENERAL VALENKO, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading PRINCESS OLGA VALENKO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GENERAL VALENKO, her father, Military Governor of St. Petersburg.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading JOHN HOWARD, Drexel’s uncle, an American capitalist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PRINCESS OLGA VALENKO.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
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 Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Author of “To Him That Hath,” “The Walking Delegate” New York Doubleday, Page & Company HENRY DREXEL, a young American business man.
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