Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, June 6, 1882 is here in full — 512 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, June 6, 1882 is here in full — 512 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"SCRAP." BY MRS. JOHN LILLIE. "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her. Mary was their elder sister.
Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, June 6, 1882 is here in full — 512 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “"Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.”
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading “"Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.”
the act of closing something
From this reading “"Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.”
a person who is older than you are
From this reading “Mary was their elder sister.”
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading “"Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.”
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading “"Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.”
British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989)
From this reading “JOHN LILLIE.”
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading “"SCRAP."”
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 “Mary was their elder sister.”
In this reading “"Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.”
In this reading “"Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.”
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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY MRS.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
the act of closing something
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
a room used for dining
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
a person who is older than you are
From this reading Mary was their elder sister.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN LILLIE.
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989)
From this reading JOHN LILLIE.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading BY MRS.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading "SCRAP."
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Mary was their elder sister.
with low volume
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Mary was their elder sister.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Come here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mary was their elder sister.
Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, June 6, 1882 by Various holds 512 sentences, grouped into 103 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 512 sentences of Harper's Young People, June 6, 1882, unabridged, divided into 103 reading sections.
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