Chapter 1 of Wild Sports in the Far West is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Wild Sports in the Far West is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Far West. BY FREDERICK GERSTAECKER. Translated from the German. FROM DESIGNS BY HARRISON WEIR. BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS AND COMPANY.
Chapter 1 of Wild Sports in the Far West is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS AND COMPANY.”
United States singer and film actor (1903-1977)
From this reading “BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS AND COMPANY.”
plural of “design” — the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
From this reading “FROM DESIGNS BY HARRISON WEIR.”
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading “BY FREDERICK GERSTAECKER.”
a person of German nationality
From this reading “Translated from the German.”
English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
From this reading “FROM DESIGNS BY HARRISON WEIR.”
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading “Translated from the German.”
a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow
From this reading “FROM DESIGNS BY HARRISON WEIR.”
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 “Translated from the German.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS AND COMPANY.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS AND COMPANY.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY FREDERICK GERSTAECKER.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS AND COMPANY.
United States singer and film actor (1903-1977)
From this reading BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS AND COMPANY.
plural of “design” — the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
From this reading FROM DESIGNS BY HARRISON WEIR.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading The Far West.
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading BY FREDERICK GERSTAECKER.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Translated from the German.
a person of German nationality
From this reading Translated from the German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY FREDERICK GERSTAECKER.
English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
From this reading FROM DESIGNS BY HARRISON WEIR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS AND COMPANY.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Far West.
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading Translated from the German.
a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow
From this reading FROM DESIGNS BY HARRISON WEIR.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading The Far West.
Chapter 1 of Wild Sports in the Far West by Friedrich Gerstäcker holds 298 sentences, grouped into 60 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 298 sentences of Wild Sports in the Far West, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Wild Sports in the Far West by Friedrich Gerstäcker exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 298 sentences, grouped into 60 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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