Chapter 1 of Violet Forster's Lover is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Violet Forster's Lover is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=3DwPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) BY RICHARD MARSH _Author of "The Interrupted Kiss," "The Lovely Mrs. Blake," "Twin Sisters," etc. etc_. CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards. "A straight."
Chapter 1 of Violet Forster's Lover is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
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a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search
From this reading “Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=3DwPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) BY RICHARD MARSH _Author of "The Interrupted Kiss," "The Lovely Mrs. Blake," "Twin Sisters," etc. etc_.”
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading “Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=3DwPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) BY RICHARD MARSH _Author of "The Interrupted Kiss," "The Lovely Mrs. Blake," "Twin Sisters," etc. etc_.”
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
From this reading “Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=3DwPAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) BY RICHARD MARSH _Author of "The Interrupted Kiss," "The Lovely Mrs. Blake," "Twin Sisters," etc. etc_.”
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading “London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards.”
examine minutely or intensely
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the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)
From this reading “London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards.”
either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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From this reading 1.
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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 straight."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
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Bound written or printed works.
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showing who or what does the action
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a game played with playing cards
From this reading London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards.
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD.
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an institution created to conduct business
From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD.
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a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search
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belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards.
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
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a state in the Rocky Mountains
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discontinued temporarily
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the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
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the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
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appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD.
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
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a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards.
a form of address for a married woman
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not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
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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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examine minutely or intensely
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plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
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the place where something begins, where it springs into being
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successive (without a break)
From this reading "A straight."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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From this reading London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards.
the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)
From this reading London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards.
either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
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the body of faculty and students at a university
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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 London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne Tickell turned his cards.
Chapter 1 of Violet Forster's Lover by Richard Marsh holds 94 sentences, grouped into 19 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 94 sentences of Violet Forster's Lover, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
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