Chapter 1 of What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AND OTHER TALES. HANS C. ANDERSEN. H. W. DULCKEN, PH.D. ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL. BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL.
Chapter 1 of What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875)
From this reading “HANS C. ANDERSEN.”
a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
From this reading “BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL.”
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL.”
cut or impressed into a surface
From this reading “ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL.”
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading “HANS C. ANDERSEN.”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL.”
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “AND OTHER TALES.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AND OTHER TALES.
a Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875)
From this reading HANS C. ANDERSEN.
a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
From this reading BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading HANS C. ANDERSEN.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading H. W. DULCKEN, PH.D.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading H. W. DULCKEN, PH.D.
cut or impressed into a surface
From this reading ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading H. W. DULCKEN, PH.D.
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading HANS C. ANDERSEN.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading AND OTHER TALES.
(from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter
From this reading H. W. DULCKEN, PH.D.
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading AND OTHER TALES.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading H. W. DULCKEN, PH.D.
Chapter 1 of What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen holds 386 sentences, grouped into 78 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 386 sentences of What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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