Chapter 1 of Launch the lifeboat! is here in full — 310 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Launch the lifeboat! is here in full — 310 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LAUNCH THE LIFEBOAT! Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES. LONDON: The Religious Tract Society. WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year. I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
Chapter 1 of Launch the lifeboat! is here in full — 310 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a very small circular shape
From this reading “Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.”
plural of “drawing” — an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading “Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.”
superlative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year.”
set up or found
From this reading “LAUNCH THE LIFEBOAT!”
a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship
From this reading “LAUNCH THE LIFEBOAT!”
look furtively
From this reading “Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.”
British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa
From this reading “Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.”
an extended area of land
From this reading “LONDON: The Religious Tract Society.”
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 “Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.”
In this reading “I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.”
In this reading “I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.”
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 WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year.
(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 I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
a youthful male person
From this reading WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
a very small circular shape
From this reading Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
plural of “drawing” — an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
superlative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
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 Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
set up or found
From this reading LAUNCH THE LIFEBOAT!
a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship
From this reading LAUNCH THE LIFEBOAT!
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading LONDON: The Religious Tract Society.
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
look furtively
From this reading Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading LONDON: The Religious Tract Society.
British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa
From this reading Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading Author of "Peep behind the Scenes," "Little Dot," etc. The Drawings by H. J. RHODES.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading LONDON: The Religious Tract Society.
plural of “sort” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LAUNCH THE LIFEBOAT!
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
an extended area of land
From this reading LONDON: The Religious Tract Society.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year.
at the time that
From this reading WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I liked December too, for Christmas came in it, with the Christmas-tree and all sorts of good things.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading WHEN I was a boy I thought August was the happiest month in the year.
Chapter 1 of Launch the lifeboat! by O. F., Mrs. Walton holds 310 sentences, grouped into 62 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 310 sentences of Launch the lifeboat!, unabridged, divided into 62 reading sections.
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