Chapter 1 of Chats with children is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Chats with children is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING." PROBABLE SONS. HEATHER'S MISTRESS. TEDDY'S BUTTON.
Chapter 1 of Chats with children is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading “TEDDY'S BUTTON.”
a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading “New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.”
relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels
From this reading “Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."”
possessive form of “heather” — common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
From this reading “HEATHER'S MISTRESS.”
enclosed in the same envelope or package
From this reading “New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.”
stimulating or exalting to the spirit
From this reading “Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."”
United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)
From this reading “Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."”
possessive form of “teddy” — plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
From this reading “TEDDY'S BUTTON.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
the people of Great Britain
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading TEDDY'S BUTTON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
possessive form of “heather” — common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
From this reading HEATHER'S MISTRESS.
enclosed in the same envelope or package
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
stimulating or exalting to the spirit
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
the act of beginning something new
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading HEATHER'S MISTRESS.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
not any; not one
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
likely but not certain to be or become true or real
From this reading PROBABLE SONS.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading PROBABLE SONS.
United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
possessive form of “teddy” — plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
From this reading TEDDY'S BUTTON.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Bishop Taylor Smith, the Evangelical British Chaplain-General, said: "Miss LE FEUVRE'S books need no introduction, they are always INSPIRING."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
in the company of; together with
From this reading New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
Chapter 1 of Chats with children by Amy Le Feuvre holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 412 sentences of Chats with children, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Chats with children by Amy Le Feuvre exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 70 minutes of reading across 169 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Chats with children section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Chats with children, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
