Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, August 22, 1882 is here in full — 530 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, August 22, 1882 is here in full — 530 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EGYPTIAN HISTORY. BY EUGENE LAWRENCE. Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest. We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us. Our alphabet and the art of writing came from the banks of the Nile.
Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, August 22, 1882 is here in full — 530 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
From this reading “Our alphabet and the art of writing came from the banks of the Nile.”
get temporarily
From this reading “We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.”
a native or inhabitant of Egypt
From this reading “EGYPTIAN HISTORY.”
plural of “egyptian” — a native or inhabitant of Egypt
From this reading “We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.”
Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)
From this reading “BY EUGENE LAWRENCE.”
the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
From this reading “Our alphabet and the art of writing came from the banks of the Nile.”
superlative of “old” — (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.”
plural of “science” — a particular branch of scientific knowledge
From this reading “We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.”
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 “Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.”
In this reading “We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.”
In this reading “We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.”
In this reading “Our alphabet and the art of writing came from the banks of the Nile.”
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 We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
From this reading Our alphabet and the art of writing came from the banks of the Nile.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Our alphabet and the art of writing came from the banks of the Nile.
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)
From this reading Our alphabet and the art of writing came from the banks of the Nile.
for the reason that
From this reading Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.
get temporarily
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY EUGENE LAWRENCE.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Our alphabet and the art of writing came from the banks of the Nile.
plural of “country” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.
a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
From this reading Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.
a native or inhabitant of Egypt
From this reading EGYPTIAN HISTORY.
plural of “egyptian” — a native or inhabitant of Egypt
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)
From this reading BY EUGENE LAWRENCE.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading EGYPTIAN HISTORY.
made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
From this reading BY EUGENE LAWRENCE.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
From this reading Our alphabet and the art of writing came from the banks of the Nile.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.
superlative of “old” — (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.
and nothing more
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.
plural of “science” — a particular branch of scientific knowledge
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Egypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us.
the act of creating written works
From this reading Our alphabet and the art of writing came from the banks of the Nile.
Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, August 22, 1882 by Various holds 530 sentences, grouped into 106 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 530 sentences of Harper's Young People, August 22, 1882, unabridged, divided into 106 reading sections.
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