Chapter 1 of Cornelli is here in full — 271 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Cornelli is here in full — 271 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I am only coming to you,” Cornelli replied. She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.” “Is that so? Just give it to me and we’ll attend to it,” said the woman. Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?
Chapter 1 of Cornelli is here in full — 271 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 23/54 · 5 reading units · Lines 111–115
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past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading “Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?”
-ing form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading “She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.””
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading “Just give it to me and we’ll attend to it,” said the woman.”
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.””
the act of retaining something
From this reading “Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?”
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading “She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.””
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?”
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading “She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?
-ing form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am only coming to you,” Cornelli replied.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Just give it to me and we’ll attend to it,” said the woman.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading Just give it to me and we’ll attend to it,” said the woman.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “I am only coming to you,” Cornelli replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I am only coming to you,” Cornelli replied.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Just give it to me and we’ll attend to it,” said the woman.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?
the act of retaining something
From this reading Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am only coming to you,” Cornelli replied.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is that so?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Just give it to me and we’ll attend to it,” said the woman.
and nothing more
From this reading Just give it to me and we’ll attend to it,” said the woman.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Just give it to me and we’ll attend to it,” said the woman.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?
and nothing more
From this reading “I am only coming to you,” Cornelli replied.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “I am only coming to you,” Cornelli replied.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Just give it to me and we’ll attend to it,” said the woman.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Is that so?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Just give it to me and we’ll attend to it,” said the woman.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I am only coming to you,” Cornelli replied.
precisely as stated
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was very much out of breath, so she paused before adding: “I have to mail a letter.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just give it to me and we’ll attend to it,” said the woman.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Holding the hand the child had offered her, she added: “You are well off, Cornelli, are you not?
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Just give it to me and we’ll attend to it,” said the woman.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I am only coming to you,” Cornelli replied.
Chapter 1 of Cornelli by Johanna Spyri holds 271 sentences, grouped into 55 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 271 sentences of Cornelli, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
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