Chapter 1 of Folly Corner is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Folly Corner is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HENRY HOLT & CO. RAHWAY, N. J. THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass. The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air. A train rushed across the bridge.
Chapter 1 of Folly Corner is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
From this reading “A train rushed across the bridge.”
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading “THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.”
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air.”
atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
From this reading “THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.”
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading “The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air.”
having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
From this reading “The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air.”
travel by means of steam power
From this reading “THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.”
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
From this reading “THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.”
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 “A train rushed across the bridge.”
In this reading “A train rushed across the bridge.”
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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 THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A train rushed across the bridge.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air.
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
From this reading A train rushed across the bridge.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air.
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading HENRY HOLT & CO.
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
causing debilitation
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HENRY HOLT & CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HENRY HOLT & CO.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading RAHWAY, N. J.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading RAHWAY, N. J.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RAHWAY, N. J.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
done under pressure
From this reading A train rushed across the bridge.
an educational institution
From this reading The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air.
having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
From this reading The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air.
travel by means of steam power
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading The shrill cries of children, loose from the Board School, cut the thick air.
create by training and teaching
From this reading A train rushed across the bridge.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading THE steam of that stifling London day rose up in a choking, enervating haze from the hot grass.
Chapter 1 of Folly Corner by Henry, Mrs. Dudeney holds 90 sentences, grouped into 18 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 90 sentences of Folly Corner, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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