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The Story of the Treasure Seekers
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The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.
There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.
Our ancestral home is in the Lewisham Road.
It is semi-detached and has a garden, not a large one.
We are the Bastables.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.
Line 2
There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.
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Our ancestral home is in the Lewisham Road.
Line 4
It is semi-detached and has a garden, not a large one.
Line 5
We are the Bastables.

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Books noun US /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading “There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.”

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a

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

about

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

Alas

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

ancestral

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

and

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

anything

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

are

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

Bastables

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From this reading We are the Bastables.

beastly

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

because

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

before

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

begin

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

begins

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

booksnounUS /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

deep

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

different

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

don't

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

else

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

for

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

garden

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From this reading It is semi-detached and has a garden, not a large one.

has

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From this reading It is semi-detached and has a garden, not a large one.

have

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

Hildegarde

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

home

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

how

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

I

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

in

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From this reading Our ancestral home is in the Lewisham Road.

is

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

it

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

know

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

large

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From this reading It is semi-detached and has a garden, not a large one.

last

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

lazy

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

Lewisham

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From this reading Our ancestral home is in the Lewisham Road.

look

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

looked

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

looking

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

must

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

myself

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

not

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

of

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

on

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

one

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

or

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

our

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

pages

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

read

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

Road

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From this reading Our ancestral home is in the Lewisham Road.

said

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

says

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

see

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

semi-detached

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From this reading It is semi-detached and has a garden, not a large one.

sigh

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

some

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

something

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

story

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

tell

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

that

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

the

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

then

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

There

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

things

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

think

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

This

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

to

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

treasure

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

treasure-seeking

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

ways

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

we

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

were

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

when

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

where

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

who

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

will

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

with

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From this reading There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we must look our last on this ancestral home”’--and then some one else says something--and you don’t know for pages and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it.

you

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From this reading This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking.

Chapter 1 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the by E. (Edith) Nesbit holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

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How do I study chapter 1 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the?

Work through the 30 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 30 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 1 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the

Common questions about reading The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the by E. (Edith) Nesbit on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the?

Yes. All 2984 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #770 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #770, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the take to read?

About 248 minutes of reading across 597 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the section by section

How to work through The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 17 chapters of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Story
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Different
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Looked
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Treasure
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.