Chapter 1 of Tomorrow's tangle is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Tomorrow's tangle is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y. “To every man a damsel or two.” --JUDGES. The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
Chapter 1 of Tomorrow's tangle is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bookbinder” — a worker whose trade is binding books
From this reading “BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.”
a borough of New York City
From this reading “BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.”
a young unmarried woman
From this reading ““To every man a damsel or two.””
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading “The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.”
a wide scope
From this reading “The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.”
a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges
From this reading “--JUDGES.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.”
plural of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading “BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.”
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 “The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.”
In this reading “The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “To every man a damsel or two.”
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
plural of “bookbinder” — a worker whose trade is binding books
From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
a borough of New York City
From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
a young unmarried woman
From this reading “To every man a damsel or two.”
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “To every man a damsel or two.”
a wide scope
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges
From this reading --JUDGES.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “To every man a damsel or two.”
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 BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “To every man a damsel or two.”
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
plural of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
not in physical motion
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To every man a damsel or two.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “To every man a damsel or two.”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading The vast, gray expanse of the desert lay still as a picture in the heat of the early afternoon.
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Chapter 1 of Tomorrow's tangle by Geraldine Bonner holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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 109 sentences of Tomorrow's tangle, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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