Chapter 1 of Home Scenes and Home Influence is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Home Scenes and Home Influence is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOME SCENES, AND HOME INFLUENCE. A Series of Tales and Sketches. T. S. ARTHUR. PREFACE. MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
Chapter 1 of Home Scenes and Home Influence is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
From this reading “MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.”
have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading “MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.”
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading “PREFACE.”
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading “MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.”
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading “HOME SCENES, AND HOME INFLUENCE.”
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading “A Series of Tales and Sketches.”
plural of “sketch” — preliminary drawing for later elaboration
From this reading “A Series of Tales and Sketches.”
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 and Sketches.”
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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 and Sketches.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOME SCENES, AND HOME INFLUENCE.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading T. S. ARTHUR.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HOME SCENES, AND HOME INFLUENCE.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
From this reading HOME SCENES, AND HOME INFLUENCE.
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 MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Series of Tales and Sketches.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading PREFACE.
past form of “present” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading T. S. ARTHUR.
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading HOME SCENES, AND HOME INFLUENCE.
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading A Series of Tales and Sketches.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
plural of “sketch” — preliminary drawing for later elaboration
From this reading A Series of Tales and Sketches.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading T. S. ARTHUR.
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 and Sketches.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
in the company of; together with
From this reading MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures.
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