Chapter 1 of Bambi is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Bambi is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
With thanks to her for being Herself! M.B.C. She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech. Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness. "Good evening, Mrs. New York, and all you people out there!
Chapter 1 of Bambi is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “circle” — travel around something
From this reading “Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.”
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading “She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech.”
past form of “flutter” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading “Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.”
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading “Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.”
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading “She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech.”
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading “With thanks to her for being Herself!”
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading “Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.”
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 “"Good evening, Mrs. New York, and all you people out there!”
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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 She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
(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 "Good evening, Mrs. New York, and all you people out there!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading M.B.C.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading With thanks to her for being Herself!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading M.B.C.
past form of “circle” — travel around something
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading "Good evening, Mrs. New York, and all you people out there!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech.
past form of “flutter” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading With thanks to her for being Herself!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good evening, Mrs. New York, and all you people out there!
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With thanks to her for being Herself!
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading With thanks to her for being Herself!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading M.B.C.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "Good evening, Mrs. New York, and all you people out there!
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading "Good evening, Mrs. New York, and all you people out there!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Good evening, Mrs. New York, and all you people out there!
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading "Good evening, Mrs. New York, and all you people out there!
cut with a saw
From this reading She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech.
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech.
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading With thanks to her for being Herself!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She saw Jarvis before the curtain, making a first-night speech.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Good evening, Mrs. New York, and all you people out there!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With thanks to her for being Herself!
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading Bambi fluttered the joy-bringing letter above her head and circled the breakfast-room in a whirl of happiness.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With thanks to her for being Herself!
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 "Good evening, Mrs. New York, and all you people out there!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Good evening, Mrs. New York, and all you people out there!
Chapter 1 of Bambi by Marjorie Benton Cooke holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 406 sentences of Bambi, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Bambi by Marjorie Benton Cooke exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Bambi, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
