Chapter 1 of The Weight of the Crown is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Weight of the Crown is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See http://www. R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes. The blow had been so swift, so unexpected. And there was the hurt to her pride also. "Do I understand that I am dismissed, Madame?"
Chapter 1 of The Weight of the Crown is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/49 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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having lost your job
From this reading “"Do I understand that I am dismissed, Madame?"”
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading “See http://www.”
small in range or scope
From this reading “R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.”
fasten with a lock
From this reading “R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.”
plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business
coming next after the sixteenth in position
From this reading “R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.”
not expected or anticipated
From this reading “The blow had been so swift, so unexpected.”
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading “R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.”
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In this reading “R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.”
secure and keep for possible future use or application
In this reading “R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.”
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From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
in addition
From this reading And there was the hurt to her pride also.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Do I understand that I am dismissed, Madame?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And there was the hurt to her pride also.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The blow had been so swift, so unexpected.
exhale hard
From this reading The blow had been so swift, so unexpected.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
having lost your job
From this reading "Do I understand that I am dismissed, Madame?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do I understand that I am dismissed, Madame?"
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
opinion or judgment
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
a young female
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The blow had been so swift, so unexpected.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading See http://www.
be the source of pain
From this reading And there was the hurt to her pride also.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Do I understand that I am dismissed, Madame?"
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
small in range or scope
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
fasten with a lock
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading "Do I understand that I am dismissed, Madame?"
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading And there was the hurt to her pride also.
plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
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 R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See http://www.
coming next after the sixteenth in position
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The blow had been so swift, so unexpected.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
moving very fast
From this reading The blow had been so swift, so unexpected.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Do I understand that I am dismissed, Madame?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
in or at that place or location
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading "Do I understand that I am dismissed, Madame?"
not expected or anticipated
From this reading The blow had been so swift, so unexpected.
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And there was the hurt to her pride also.
computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
From this reading See http://www.
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 R. F. Fenno & Company, _Publishers_ 18 East Seventeenth Street, New York City Ward Lock & Co. Limited: London The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes.
Chapter 1 of The Weight of the Crown by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White holds 249 sentences, grouped into 50 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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