Chapter 1 of The trumpeter of Krakow is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The trumpeter of Krakow is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
New York By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note......................... 3 CHAPTER I The Man Who Wouldn’t Sell His Pumpkin... 9 II Krakow.................................. 18 III The Alchemist...........................
Chapter 1 of The trumpeter of Krakow is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone
From this reading “18 III The Alchemist...........................”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “3 CHAPTER I The Man Who Wouldn’t Sell His Pumpkin...”
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading “Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................”
an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula
From this reading “9 II Krakow..................................”
text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading “Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................”
a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
From this reading “3 CHAPTER I The Man Who Wouldn’t Sell His Pumpkin...”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading “3 CHAPTER I The Man Who Wouldn’t Sell His Pumpkin...”
coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
From this reading “Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................”
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.
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 18 III The Alchemist...........................
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 3 CHAPTER I The Man Who Wouldn’t Sell His Pumpkin...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 9 II Krakow..................................
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................
one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone
From this reading 18 III The Alchemist...........................
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
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showing who or what does the action
From this reading New York By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
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an institution created to conduct business
From this reading New York By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
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a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................
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
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belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading 3 CHAPTER I The Man Who Wouldn’t Sell His Pumpkin...
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading 9 II Krakow..................................
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading 18 III The Alchemist...........................
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................
an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula
From this reading 9 II Krakow..................................
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
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the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New York By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading 3 CHAPTER I The Man Who Wouldn’t Sell His Pumpkin...
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New York By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
a brief written record
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a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
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one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
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text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................
a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
From this reading 3 CHAPTER I The Man Who Wouldn’t Sell His Pumpkin...
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading 3 CHAPTER I The Man Who Wouldn’t Sell His Pumpkin...
coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading New York By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
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a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
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a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
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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 Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................
which person or people
From this reading 3 CHAPTER I The Man Who Wouldn’t Sell His Pumpkin...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 3 CHAPTER I The Man Who Wouldn’t Sell His Pumpkin...
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading Twenty Seventh Printing, 1957 E D W A R D L O W E L L K E L L Y L O U V I L L E H O W A R D M E R R I L L CONTENTS PAGE The Broken Note.........................
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 New York By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Chapter 1 of The trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. (Eric Philbrook) Kelly holds 90 sentences, grouped into 18 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.
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