Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1900 is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BIRDS AND ALL NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. VOL. VII. MAY, 1900.
Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1900
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1900 is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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BIRDS
AND
ALL
NATURE.
ILLUSTRATED
BY
COLOR
PHOTOGRAPHY.
VOL.
VII.
MAY,
1900.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1900
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1900 is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
BIRDS
AND
ALL
NATURE.
/bɜːrdz ənd ɔːl ˈneɪtʃər/
Line 2
ILLUSTRATED
BY
COLOR
PHOTOGRAPHY.
/ˈɪləstreɪtəd baɪ ˈkʌlər fəˈtɑːɡrəfi/
Line 3
VOL.
Line 4
VII.
Line 5
MAY,
1900.
Learner Dictionary
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plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “BIRDS AND ALL NATURE.”
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading “ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.”
illustrated
verb
US /ˈɪləstreɪtəd/
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading “ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “MAY, 1900.”
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading “BIRDS AND ALL NATURE.”
photography
noun
US /fəˈtɑːɡrəfi/
the act of taking and printing photographs
From this reading “ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.”
Word partnerships in these lines
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ILLUSTRATED BY
verb + particle
counted as “illustrate by”
In this reading “ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.”
All words in this reading · 12
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1900
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAY, 1900.
(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 BIRDS AND ALL NATURE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BIRDS AND ALL NATURE.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading BIRDS AND ALL NATURE.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
ILLUSTRATEDverbUS /ˈɪləstreɪtəd/
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading MAY, 1900.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading BIRDS AND ALL NATURE.
PHOTOGRAPHYnounUS /fəˈtɑːɡrəfi/
the act of taking and printing photographs
From this reading ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
VIInoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading VII.
VOL
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VOL.
Chapter 1 of Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1900 by Various holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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.
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Vocabulary met early in Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1900
Words and structures a reader meets early in Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1900, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Birds
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1900; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Nature
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- Illustrated
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- Color
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