Chapter 1 of A horse book is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of A horse book is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of the changes is found at the end of this text. No. 10. A HORSE BOOK. THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
Chapter 1 of A horse book is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading “A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.”
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading “Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.”
resembling a garbage dump
From this reading “THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.”
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.”
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading “A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.”
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading “Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.”
the words of something written
From this reading “A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.”
relating to or occurring or used in typography
From this reading “Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.”
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From this reading No. 10.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading A HORSE BOOK.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
resembling a garbage dump
From this reading THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
set up or found
From this reading A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading A HORSE BOOK.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.
not any; not one
From this reading No. 10.
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.
the words of something written
From this reading A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A list of the changes is found at the end of this text.
relating to or occurring or used in typography
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Chapter 1 of A horse book by Mary Tourtel holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 148 sentences of A horse book, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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