Chapter 1 of Letters from a Cat Published by Her Mistress is here in full — 371 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Letters from a Cat Published by Her Mistress is here in full — 371 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Letters from a Cat. For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN. BY H. H., AUTHOR OF "NELLY'S SILVER MINE." _WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADDIE LEDYARD._ ROBERTS BROTHERS. INTRODUCTION.
Chapter 1 of Letters from a Cat Published by Her Mistress is here in full — 371 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a feeling of delight at being entertained
From this reading “For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.”
financial assistance in time of need
From this reading “For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.”
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “_WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADDIE LEDYARD._ ROBERTS BROTHERS.”
plural of “cat” — feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading “For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “_WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADDIE LEDYARD._ ROBERTS BROTHERS.”
the act of beginning something new
From this reading “INTRODUCTION.”
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
From this reading “_WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADDIE LEDYARD._ ROBERTS BROTHERS.”
being one more than sixteen
From this reading “_WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADDIE LEDYARD._ ROBERTS BROTHERS.”
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 “For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.”
In this reading “For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.”
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 Letters from a Cat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADDIE LEDYARD._ ROBERTS BROTHERS.
(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 For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
a feeling of delight at being entertained
From this reading For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading BY H. H., AUTHOR OF "NELLY'S SILVER MINE."
financial assistance in time of need
From this reading For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading _WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADDIE LEDYARD._ ROBERTS BROTHERS.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY H. H., AUTHOR OF "NELLY'S SILVER MINE."
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading Letters from a Cat.
plural of “cat” — feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Letters from a Cat.
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 BY H. H., AUTHOR OF "NELLY'S SILVER MINE."
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading _WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADDIE LEDYARD._ ROBERTS BROTHERS.
the act of beginning something new
From this reading INTRODUCTION.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADDIE LEDYARD._ ROBERTS BROTHERS.
the literary culture
From this reading Letters from a Cat.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading BY H. H., AUTHOR OF "NELLY'S SILVER MINE."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY H. H., AUTHOR OF "NELLY'S SILVER MINE."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
From this reading _WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADDIE LEDYARD._ ROBERTS BROTHERS.
being one more than sixteen
From this reading _WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADDIE LEDYARD._ ROBERTS BROTHERS.
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 BY H. H., AUTHOR OF "NELLY'S SILVER MINE."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For the Benefit of all Cats THE AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADDIE LEDYARD._ ROBERTS BROTHERS.
Chapter 1 of Letters from a Cat Published by Her Mistress by Helen Hunt Jackson holds 371 sentences, grouped into 75 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 371 sentences of Letters from a Cat Published by Her Mistress, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
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