Chapter 1 of A Little Book for A Little Cook is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of A Little Book for A Little Cook is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY L.P. HUBBARD. 1. Always use Pillsbury's Best Flour. 2. Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.
Chapter 1 of A Little Book for A Little Cook is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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-ing form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading “Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.”
eat an early morning meal
From this reading “Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.”
plural of “cake” — a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading “Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.”
fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
From this reading “Always use Pillsbury's Best Flour.”
a United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986)
From this reading “BY L.P. HUBBARD.”
move as if through a sieve
From this reading “Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.”
two times
From this reading “Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.”
the act of using
From this reading “Always use Pillsbury's Best Flour.”
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From this reading 1.
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From this reading 2.
-ing form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Always use Pillsbury's Best Flour.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Always use Pillsbury's Best Flour.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY L.P. HUBBARD.
plural of “cake” — a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.
fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
From this reading Always use Pillsbury's Best Flour.
a United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986)
From this reading BY L.P. HUBBARD.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading BY L.P. HUBBARD.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading BY L.P. HUBBARD.
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From this reading Always use Pillsbury's Best Flour.
move as if through a sieve
From this reading Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.
two times
From this reading Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.
the act of using
From this reading Always use Pillsbury's Best Flour.
Chapter 1 of A Little Book for A Little Cook by L. P. Hubbard holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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 109 sentences of A Little Book for A Little Cook, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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