Chapter 1 of An Enchanted Garden: Fairy Stories is here in full — 479 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of An Enchanted Garden: Fairy Stories is here in full — 479 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
An Enchanted Garden, by Mrs Molesworth. ________________________________________________________________________ AN ENCHANTED GARDEN, BY MRS MOLESWORTH. CHAPTER ONE. MADAM WREN. "No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.
Chapter 1 of An Enchanted Garden: Fairy Stories is here in full — 479 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
Filled with or placed under the influence of magical power or charm.
From this reading “An Enchanted Garden, by Mrs Molesworth.”
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “An Enchanted Garden, by Mrs Molesworth.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “"No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “MADAM WREN.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “An Enchanted Garden, by Mrs Molesworth.”
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading “"No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.”
English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723)
From this reading “MADAM WREN.”
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 “An Enchanted Garden, by Mrs Molesworth.”
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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 "No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.
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From this reading "No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.
(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 "No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An Enchanted Garden, by Mrs Molesworth.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading An Enchanted Garden, by Mrs Molesworth.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
Filled with or placed under the influence of magical power or charm.
From this reading An Enchanted Garden, by Mrs Molesworth.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading An Enchanted Garden, by Mrs Molesworth.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.
a woman of refinement
From this reading MADAM WREN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An Enchanted Garden, by Mrs Molesworth.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading An Enchanted Garden, by Mrs Molesworth.
not any; not one
From this reading "No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading "No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all.
English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723)
From this reading MADAM WREN.
Chapter 1 of An Enchanted Garden: Fairy Stories by Mrs. Molesworth holds 479 sentences, grouped into 96 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 479 sentences of An Enchanted Garden: Fairy Stories, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of An Enchanted Garden: Fairy Stories by Mrs. Molesworth exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 479 sentences, grouped into 96 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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About 158 minutes of reading across 382 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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