Chapter 1 of Kitty-cat tales is here in full — 570 sentences across 114 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Kitty-cat tales is here in full — 570 sentences across 114 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
KITTY-CAT TALES. LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. PUBLISHED, AUGUST, 1907. KITTY-CAT TALES. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Chapter 1 of Kitty-cat tales is here in full — 570 sentences across 114 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “PUBLISHED, AUGUST, 1907.”
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
From this reading “Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading “LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading “PUBLISHED, AUGUST, 1907.”
United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
From this reading “LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
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 “KITTY-CAT TALES.”
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From this reading PUBLISHED, AUGUST, 1907.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading PUBLISHED, AUGUST, 1907.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
informal terms referring to a domestic cat
From this reading KITTY-CAT TALES.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
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From this reading LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading PUBLISHED, AUGUST, 1907.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
From this reading LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
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 KITTY-CAT TALES.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Chapter 1 of Kitty-cat tales by Alice van Leer Carrick holds 570 sentences, grouped into 114 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 570 sentences of Kitty-cat tales, unabridged, divided into 114 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Kitty-cat tales by Alice van Leer Carrick exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 570 sentences, grouped into 114 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.
Work through the 114 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 88 minutes of reading across 213 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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