Chapter 1 of Cornelli is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Cornelli is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him. Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?” “What do you mean, Mux? What are you talking about?” she asked. “I saw it in my picture book.
Chapter 1 of Cornelli is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 43/59 · 5 reading units · Lines 211–215
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domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading “Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?””
take in solid food
From this reading “Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?””
with relatively high volume
From this reading “Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?””
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading ““I saw it in my picture book.”
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading “Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?””
the act of doing or performing again
From this reading “Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “What are you talking about?” she asked.”
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading “Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.”
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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 Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading What are you talking about?” she asked.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What are you talking about?” she asked.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading What are you talking about?” she asked.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “I saw it in my picture book.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do you mean, Mux?
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
take in solid food
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I saw it in my picture book.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I saw it in my picture book.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I saw it in my picture book.
and nothing more
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
with relatively high volume
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “What do you mean, Mux?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
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From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I saw it in my picture book.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
on one occasion
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “I saw it in my picture book.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
the act of doing or performing again
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
cut with a saw
From this reading “I saw it in my picture book.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What are you talking about?” she asked.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading What are you talking about?” she asked.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What do you mean, Mux?
Chapter 1 of Cornelli by Johanna Spyri holds 297 sentences, grouped into 60 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 297 sentences of Cornelli, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
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