Chapter 3 of Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Silver Spring is six miles from this place. We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers. A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests. I have one brother. His name is Philip.
Chapter 3 of Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.”
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.”
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
From this reading “A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.”
possessive form of “hen” — adult female chicken
From this reading “A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.”
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.”
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading “A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.”
plural of “nest” — a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading “A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.”
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “His name is Philip.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading I have one brother.
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
From this reading A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Silver Spring is six miles from this place.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have one brother.
possessive form of “hen” — adult female chicken
From this reading A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His name is Philip.
a small natural hill
From this reading We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have one brother.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Silver Spring is six miles from this place.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading The Silver Spring is six miles from this place.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading His name is Philip.
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.
plural of “nest” — a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading A little bird has built its nest in one of our hen's nests.
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading His name is Philip.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The Silver Spring is six miles from this place.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading The Silver Spring is six miles from this place.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading The Silver Spring is six miles from this place.
the season of growth
From this reading The Silver Spring is six miles from this place.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Silver Spring is six miles from this place.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The Silver Spring is six miles from this place.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We live at the edge of the hummock, and see many kinds of birds and flowers.
Chapter 3 of Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 by Various holds 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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 3 holds 393 sentences of Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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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