Chapter 6 of Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1. 'I should like to see a rock all made of slate! Have you ever seen one, mother?' 'Yes, many, dear. But there are none near.'
Chapter 6 of Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an accidental happening
From this reading “should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.”
past form of “heave” — utter a sound, as with obvious effort
From this reading “should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.”
introduce
From this reading “should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.”
a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
From this reading “should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.”
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “'I should like to see a rock all made of slate!”
(formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
From this reading “'I should like to see a rock all made of slate!”
made heavy or weighted down with weariness
From this reading “should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.”
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From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 'I should like to see a rock all made of slate!
(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 'I should like to see a rock all made of slate!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But there are none near.'
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From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there are none near.'
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
dearly loved
From this reading 'Yes, many, dear.
half the width of an em
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
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From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
at any time
From this reading Have you ever seen one, mother?'
an accidental happening
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you ever seen one, mother?'
past form of “heave” — utter a sound, as with obvious effort
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I should like to see a rock all made of slate!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
the sound of laughing
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading 'I should like to see a rock all made of slate!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading 'I should like to see a rock all made of slate!
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading 'Yes, many, dear.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Have you ever seen one, mother?'
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading But there are none near.'
not one, and not any
From this reading But there are none near.'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'I should like to see a rock all made of slate!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Have you ever seen one, mother?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
introduce
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading 'I should like to see a rock all made of slate!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading 'I should like to see a rock all made of slate!
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Have you ever seen one, mother?'
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
(formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
From this reading 'I should like to see a rock all made of slate!
in or at that place or location
From this reading But there are none near.'
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'I should like to see a rock all made of slate!
made heavy or weighted down with weariness
From this reading should laughed high'-er thought laugh'-ing pur'-pose prop'-er-ly please set'-tled hap'-pened deal dead weighted through heaved brok'-en 1.
an affirmative
From this reading 'Yes, many, dear.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you ever seen one, mother?'
Chapter 6 of Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I by Various holds 44 sentences, grouped into 9 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 6 holds 44 sentences of Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.
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