Chapter 1 of All about Little Boy Blue is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of All about Little Boy Blue is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.” By Beatrix Potter. Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish. “ALL ABOUT THE THREE BEARS.” Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
Chapter 1 of All about Little Boy Blue is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bear” — massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
From this reading ““ALL ABOUT THE THREE BEARS.””
past form of “display” — to show, make visible or apparent
From this reading “Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.””
English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
From this reading “Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.”
a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
From this reading “Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.””
seen in the mind as a mental image
From this reading “Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.”
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
From this reading “By Beatrix Potter.”
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
From this reading “Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.””
the words of something written
From this reading “Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.””
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 “Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.””
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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
plural of “bear” — massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
From this reading “ALL ABOUT THE THREE BEARS.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading By Beatrix Potter.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By Beatrix Potter.
plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
someone who is a detective
From this reading Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
past form of “display” — to show, make visible or apparent
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
From this reading Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
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 Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
for each
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
seen in the mind as a mental image
From this reading Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
From this reading By Beatrix Potter.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
the words of something written
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “ALL ABOUT THE THREE BEARS.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “ALL ABOUT THE THREE BEARS.”
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ _Price per volume, 40 Cents_ “ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT.”
Chapter 1 of All about Little Boy Blue by Emma Gelders Sterne holds 60 sentences, grouped into 12 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 60 sentences of All about Little Boy Blue, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.
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