Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 is here in full — 508 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 is here in full — 508 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHY? "Why must I learn to sing? Why learn to fly?" Said a young bird to its mother-- "Why, oh, why?" "All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.
Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 is here in full — 508 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
From this reading “"All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.”
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “Said a young bird to its mother-- "Why, oh, why?"”
plural of “birdie” — (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
From this reading “"All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “Why learn to fly?"”
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading “"All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.”
gain knowledge or skills
From this reading “"Why must I learn to sing?”
plural of “region” — the extended spatial location of something
From this reading “"All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.”
deliver by singing
From this reading “"Why must I learn to sing?”
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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 Said a young bird to its mother-- "Why, oh, why?"
(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 "All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.
the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
From this reading "All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Said a young bird to its mother-- "Why, oh, why?"
plural of “birdie” — (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
From this reading "All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading Why learn to fly?"
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading "All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Why must I learn to sing?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Said a young bird to its mother-- "Why, oh, why?"
gain knowledge or skills
From this reading "Why must I learn to sing?
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Said a young bird to its mother-- "Why, oh, why?"
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Why must I learn to sing?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Said a young bird to its mother-- "Why, oh, why?"
plural of “region” — the extended spatial location of something
From this reading "All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Said a young bird to its mother-- "Why, oh, why?"
deliver by singing
From this reading "Why must I learn to sing?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said its mother; "And that's 'why.'" HUNTING IN ARCTIC REGIONS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why must I learn to sing?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading WHY?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Said a young bird to its mother-- "Why, oh, why?"
Chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 by Various holds 508 sentences, grouped into 102 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 508 sentences of Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880, unabridged, divided into 102 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 508 sentences, grouped into 102 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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