Chapter 1 of Wisdom while you wait is here in full — 623 sentences across 125 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Wisdom while you wait is here in full — 623 sentences across 125 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’.... Guten Morgan! Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP? =PIERPONT’S SOAP= defies Competition. =PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.
Chapter 1 of Wisdom while you wait is here in full — 623 sentences across 125 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
From this reading “=PIERPONT’S SOAP= defies Competition.”
third-person singular of “defy” — resist or confront with resistance
From this reading “=PIERPONT’S SOAP= defies Competition.”
an early limited awareness of something yet to occur
From this reading “BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....”
plural of “glory” — a state of high honor
From this reading “BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....”
plural of “knock” — the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
From this reading “=PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.”
the pelt of a leopard
From this reading “=PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.”
a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
From this reading “Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?”
spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
From this reading “=PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.”
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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 BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....
a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
From this reading =PIERPONT’S SOAP= defies Competition.
third-person singular of “defy” — resist or confront with resistance
From this reading =PIERPONT’S SOAP= defies Competition.
an early limited awareness of something yet to occur
From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....
plural of “glory” — a state of high honor
From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Guten Morgan!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....
plural of “knock” — the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
From this reading =PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.
the pelt of a leopard
From this reading =PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.
United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)
From this reading Guten Morgan!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading =PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?
a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
From this reading Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?
spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
From this reading =PIERPONT’S SOAP= knocks spots off the Leopard.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BEING A FORETASTE OF THE GLORIES OF THE ‘INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE’....
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you used PIERPONT’S SOAP?
Chapter 1 of Wisdom while you wait by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas holds 623 sentences, grouped into 125 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 623 sentences of Wisdom while you wait, unabridged, divided into 125 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Wisdom while you wait by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 623 sentences, grouped into 125 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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