Chapter 1 of The Witch is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Witch is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. HAGAR. THE LONG ROLL. The first of two books dealing with the war between the States. With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.
Chapter 1 of The Witch is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading “—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.”
method or manner of conduct in relation to others
From this reading “The first of two books dealing with the war between the States.”
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.”
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading “—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.”
the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
From this reading “—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.”
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
From this reading “—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.”
United States painter (born in 1917)
From this reading “With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.”
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.
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In this reading “With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The first of two books dealing with the war between the States.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading The first of two books dealing with the war between the States.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
method or manner of conduct in relation to others
From this reading The first of two books dealing with the war between the States.
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first of two books dealing with the war between the States.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HAGAR.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading THE LONG ROLL.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The first of two books dealing with the war between the States.
the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
move by turning over or rotating
From this reading THE LONG ROLL.
plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading The first of two books dealing with the war between the States.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LONG ROLL.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The first of two books dealing with the war between the States.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading The first of two books dealing with the war between the States.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The first of two books dealing with the war between the States.
United States painter (born in 1917)
From this reading With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.
Chapter 1 of The Witch by Mary Johnston holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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 133 sentences of The Witch, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Witch by Mary Johnston exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 133 sentences, grouped into 27 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 27 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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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.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Witch, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
