Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, April 26, 1881 is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, April 26, 1881 is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOW THE SEINE NET WAS BROKEN. BY J. O. DAVIDSON. "Why, Joe, is that you? Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane. "I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.
Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, April 26, 1881 is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the side or slope of a hill
From this reading “Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.”
fasten with a hook
From this reading “"I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.”
a narrow way or road
From this reading “Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.”
Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)
From this reading “Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.”
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading “"I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.”
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
From this reading “HOW THE SEINE NET WAS BROKEN.”
a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
From this reading “HOW THE SEINE NET WAS BROKEN.”
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading “Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.”
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 “Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading HOW THE SEINE NET WAS BROKEN.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY J. O. DAVIDSON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY J. O. DAVIDSON.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
the side or slope of a hill
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
fasten with a hook
From this reading "I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW THE SEINE NET WAS BROKEN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Why, Joe, is that you?
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 BY J. O. DAVIDSON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, Joe, is that you?
a narrow way or road
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading "I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
From this reading HOW THE SEINE NET WAS BROKEN.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading BY J. O. DAVIDSON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading "I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.
a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
From this reading HOW THE SEINE NET WAS BROKEN.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Why, Joe, is that you?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THE SEINE NET WAS BROKEN.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "I've been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road," replied Joe.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOW THE SEINE NET WAS BROKEN.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where have you been all day?" asked Ralph Hadley, as he met Joe Manson turning into Hillside Lane.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, Joe, is that you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why, Joe, is that you?
Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, April 26, 1881 by Various holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 148 sentences of Harper's Young People, April 26, 1881, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, April 26, 1881 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 148 sentences, grouped into 30 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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