Chapter 1 of Witch Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Witch Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See http://www. "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII. 18. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1861.
Chapter 1 of Witch Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
From this reading “London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.”
a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
From this reading “"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.”
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading “See http://www.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.”
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading “"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.”
undergo or be subjected to
From this reading “"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.”
a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading “"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.”
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From this reading 18.
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From this reading 1861.
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From this reading London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.
United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
From this reading London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.
a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
From this reading See http://www.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See http://www.
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.
undergo or be subjected to
From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.
a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.
computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
From this reading See http://www.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
From this reading "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."--EXODUS XXII.
Chapter 1 of Witch Stories by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 425 sentences of Witch Stories, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Witch Stories by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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