Chapter I
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Gray Hairs made happy. AN INTERESTING STORY FOR CHILDREN. Providence: H. H. BROWN, PRINTER. 1831.
Gray Hairs Made Happy
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Gray Hairs Made Happy is here in full — 91 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Gray
Hairs
made
happy.
AN
INTERESTING
STORY
FOR
CHILDREN.
Providence:
H.
H.
BROWN,
PRINTER.
1831.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Gray Hairs Made Happy
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Gray Hairs Made Happy is here in full — 91 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
Gray
Hairs
made
happy.
/ɡreɪ herz meɪd ˈhæpi/
Line 2
AN
INTERESTING
STORY
FOR
CHILDREN.
/æn ˈɪntrəstɪŋ ˈstɔːri fɔːr ˈtʃɪldrən/
Line 3
Providence:
H.
H.
BROWN,
PRINTER.
/ˈprɑː.və.dəns eɪtʃ eɪtʃ braʊn ˈprɪntər/
Line 4
Line 5
1831.
Learner Dictionary
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an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “Providence: H. H. BROWN, PRINTER.”
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading “Gray Hairs made happy.”
Hairs
noun
US /herz/
plural of “hair” — a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “Gray Hairs made happy.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “Gray Hairs made happy.”
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading “AN INTERESTING STORY FOR CHILDREN.”
printer
noun
US /ˈprɪntər/
someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading “Providence: H. H. BROWN, PRINTER.”
Providence
noun
US /ˈprɑː.və.dəns/
The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)
From this reading “Providence: H. H. BROWN, PRINTER.”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “AN INTERESTING STORY FOR CHILDREN.”
Word partnerships in these lines
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Gray Hairs
noun + noun
counted as “gray hair”
In this reading “Gray Hairs made happy.”
INTERESTING STORY
adjective + noun
In this reading “AN INTERESTING STORY FOR CHILDREN.”
All words in this reading · 14
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1831
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 1831.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN INTERESTING STORY FOR CHILDREN.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Providence: H. H. BROWN, PRINTER.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading AN INTERESTING STORY FOR CHILDREN.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AN INTERESTING STORY FOR CHILDREN.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading Gray Hairs made happy.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading Providence: H. H. BROWN, PRINTER.
HairsnounUS /herz/
plural of “hair” — a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Gray Hairs made happy.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Gray Hairs made happy.
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading AN INTERESTING STORY FOR CHILDREN.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Gray Hairs made happy.
PRINTERnounUS /ˈprɪntər/
someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading Providence: H. H. BROWN, PRINTER.
ProvidencenounUS /ˈprɑː.və.dəns/
The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)
From this reading Providence: H. H. BROWN, PRINTER.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading AN INTERESTING STORY FOR CHILDREN.
Chapter 1 of Gray Hairs Made Happy by Anonymous holds 91 sentences, grouped into 19 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.
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Chapter 1 holds 91 sentences of Gray Hairs Made Happy, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
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- Hairs
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- Happy
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- Interesting
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- Story
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