Chapter 15 of Via Berlin is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Via Berlin is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Say, Topham! I’m mighty glad to see you.” Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth. “Mighty glad to see you. A glass of wine with you, old man.”
Chapter 15 of Via Berlin is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.”
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.”
held up in the air
From this reading “Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.”
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading “I’m mighty glad to see you.””
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
From this reading “Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.”
completely neat and clean
From this reading “Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.”
the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan
From this reading “Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.”
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading “Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.”
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a man who is very old
In this reading “A glass of wine with you, old man.””
In this reading “Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.”
In this reading “Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.”
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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 A glass of wine with you, old man.”
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading I’m mighty glad to see you.”
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m mighty glad to see you.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
the post or office of legate
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
held up in the air
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A glass of wine with you, old man.”
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading I’m mighty glad to see you.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading A glass of wine with you, old man.”
express in words
From this reading “Say, Topham!
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I’m mighty glad to see you.”
completely neat and clean
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’m mighty glad to see you.”
the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Say, Topham!
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading Stites, secretary of legation in Tokio, lifted his wine glass and leaned across the spotless cloth.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A glass of wine with you, old man.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I’m mighty glad to see you.”
Chapter 15 of Via Berlin by Crittenden Marriott holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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 15 holds 171 sentences of Via Berlin, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Via Berlin by Crittenden Marriott exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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.
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