Chapter 1 of The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See https:// BY THE SAME AUTHOR. A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves. With 111 Illustrations by F. H. TOWNSEND. 12mo.
Chapter 1 of The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 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 THE SAME AUTHOR.”
the act of departing
From this reading “A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “With 111 Illustrations by F. H. TOWNSEND.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.”
relating to human society and its members
From this reading “A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.”
United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960)
From this reading “With 111 Illustrations by F. H. TOWNSEND.”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.”
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 “A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.”
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From this reading With 111 Illustrations by F. H. TOWNSEND.
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From this reading 12mo.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
the act of departing
From this reading A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading With 111 Illustrations by F. H. TOWNSEND.
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
From this reading With 111 Illustrations by F. H. TOWNSEND.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading See https://
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading With 111 Illustrations by F. H. TOWNSEND.
an indefinitely short time
From this reading 12mo.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.
Identical; not different.
From this reading BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See https://
relating to human society and its members
From this reading A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960)
From this reading With 111 Illustrations by F. H. TOWNSEND.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With 111 Illustrations by F. H. TOWNSEND.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.
Chapter 1 of The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib by Sara Jeannette Duncan holds 24 sentences, grouped into 5 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 24 sentences of The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib, unabridged, divided into 5 reading sections.
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