Chapter 1 of Holiday House: A Series of Tales is here in full — 29 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Holiday House: A Series of Tales is here in full — 29 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SERIES OF TALES. AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c. &c. "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform." Cowper.
Chapter 1 of Holiday House: A Series of Tales is here in full — 29 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “accomplishment” — the action of accomplishing something
From this reading “AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.”
English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
From this reading “Cowper.”
having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
From this reading “"Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."”
the state of being a man; manly qualities
From this reading “"Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."”
plural of “mistake” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “"Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."”
a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
From this reading “"Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."”
Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537)
From this reading “AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.”
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “A SERIES OF TALES.”
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 “AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.”
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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 SERIES OF TALES.
plural of “accomplishment” — the action of accomplishing something
From this reading AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."
a woman author
From this reading AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.
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From this reading AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.
English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
From this reading Cowper.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."
having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
From this reading "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.
engage in
From this reading "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."
the state of being a man; manly qualities
From this reading "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."
plural of “mistake” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A SERIES OF TALES.
a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
From this reading "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading A SERIES OF TALES.
Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537)
From this reading AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading A SERIES OF TALES.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading AUTHORESS OF "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," &c.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform."
Chapter 1 of Holiday House: A Series of Tales by Catherine Sinclair holds 29 sentences, grouped into 6 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.
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