Chapter 1 of Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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A collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.
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alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
From this reading “EDELWEISS.”
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
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record in a public office or in a court of law
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a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
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plural of “item” — a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
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pertaining to or consisting of pictures
From this reading “With Pictorial Title.”
examine minutely or intensely
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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.
In this reading “ON THE HEIGHTS.”
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Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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A collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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showing who or what does the action
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a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
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alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
From this reading EDELWEISS.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
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record in a public office or in a court of law
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a high place
From this reading ON THE HEIGHTS.
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
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a state in midwestern United States
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plural of “item” — a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE HEIGHTS.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One volume.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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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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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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pertaining to or consisting of pictures
From this reading With Pictorial Title.
examine minutely or intensely
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try to get or reach
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the place where something begins, where it springs into being
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
From this reading With Pictorial Title.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
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Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
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the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading One volume.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Pictorial Title.
inside; before a period of time has passed
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Chapter 1 of Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 443 sentences of Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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