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Chapter 1 of Five Little Bush Girls is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FIVE LITTLE BUSH GIRLS. First Print, October, 1918. Illustrated by Betty Paterson. AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS’ AGENCY, 237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE. This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
Chapter 1 of Five Little Bush Girls is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an administrative unit of government
From this reading “AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS’ AGENCY, 237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.”
a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
From this reading “This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.”
plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS’ AGENCY, 237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.”
plural of “block” — a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading “This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.”
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading “This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.”
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
From this reading “AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS’ AGENCY, 237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.”
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading “AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS’ AGENCY, 237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.”
American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806)
From this reading “Illustrated by Betty Paterson.”
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.
In this reading “Illustrated by Betty Paterson.”
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From this reading First Print, October, 1918.
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From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
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From this reading AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS’ AGENCY, 237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.
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From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
an administrative unit of government
From this reading AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS’ AGENCY, 237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
relating to or found in Australasia
From this reading AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS’ AGENCY, 237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.
a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS’ AGENCY, 237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.
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From this reading Illustrated by Betty Paterson.
plural of “block” — a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
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From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading FIVE LITTLE BUSH GIRLS.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Illustrated by Betty Paterson.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
From this reading AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS’ AGENCY, 237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First Print, October, 1918.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading FIVE LITTLE BUSH GIRLS.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading FIVE LITTLE BUSH GIRLS.
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading Illustrated by Betty Paterson.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
a narrow way or road
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading FIVE LITTLE BUSH GIRLS.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS’ AGENCY, 237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading First Print, October, 1918.
American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806)
From this reading Illustrated by Betty Paterson.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
From this reading First Print, October, 1918.
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS’ AGENCY, 237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading This Book was Printed in Australia by BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St., and the Blocks were made by Patterson, Shugg & Co., 21 Burns Lane, Melbourne.
Chapter 1 of Five Little Bush Girls by E. Lee (Emily Lee) Ryan holds 246 sentences, grouped into 50 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 246 sentences of Five Little Bush Girls, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
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