Chapter 1 of Artful Anticks is here in full — 531 sentences across 107 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Artful Anticks is here in full — 531 sentences across 107 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
New York The Century Co. THE DE VINNE PRESS. The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers. Artful Anticks The Audacious Kitten. “Hurray!” cried the kitten, “Hurray!” As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
Chapter 1 of Artful Anticks is here in full — 531 sentences across 107 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
From this reading “Artful Anticks The Audacious Kitten.”
invulnerable to fear or intimidation
From this reading “Artful Anticks The Audacious Kitten.”
someone who plays the harp
From this reading “The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.”
young domestic cat
From this reading “Artful Anticks The Audacious Kitten.”
in a joyous manner
From this reading “As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!””
approval to do something
From this reading “The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.”
plural of “sail” — a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
From this reading “As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!””
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
From this reading “As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!””
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.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Artful Anticks The Audacious Kitten.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
From this reading Artful Anticks The Audacious Kitten.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
invulnerable to fear or intimidation
From this reading Artful Anticks The Audacious Kitten.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
a period of 100 years
From this reading New York The Century Co. THE DE VINNE PRESS.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading New York The Century Co. THE DE VINNE PRESS.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Hurray!” cried the kitten, “Hurray!”
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading New York The Century Co. THE DE VINNE PRESS.
someone who plays the harp
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hurray!” cried the kitten, “Hurray!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
young domestic cat
From this reading Artful Anticks The Audacious Kitten.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
in a joyous manner
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New York The Century Co. THE DE VINNE PRESS.
throughout a period of time
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
approval to do something
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading New York The Century Co. THE DE VINNE PRESS.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
plural of “sail” — a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading New York The Century Co. THE DE VINNE PRESS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New York The Century Co. THE DE VINNE PRESS.
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
From this reading As he merrily set the sails; “I sail o’er the ocean to-day To look at the Prince of Wales!”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading New York The Century Co. THE DE VINNE PRESS.
Chapter 1 of Artful Anticks by Oliver Herford holds 531 sentences, grouped into 107 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 531 sentences of Artful Anticks, unabridged, divided into 107 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Artful Anticks by Oliver Herford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 531 sentences, grouped into 107 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 107 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 107 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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