Chapter 1 of Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THIRTY-FIRST THOUSAND. FANNY'S LITTLE FRIENDS. "FERN LEAVES." WITH ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY FRED M. COFFIN. AUBURN AND BUFFALO: MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.
Chapter 1 of Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown
From this reading “AUBURN AND BUFFALO: MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.”
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading “AUBURN AND BUFFALO: MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.”
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading “WITH ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY FRED M. COFFIN.”
plural of “design” — the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
From this reading “WITH ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY FRED M. COFFIN.”
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
From this reading “"FERN LEAVES."”
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading “AUBURN AND BUFFALO: MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.”
Irish version of burgoo
From this reading “AUBURN AND BUFFALO: MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.”
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading “WITH ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY FRED M. COFFIN.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUBURN AND BUFFALO: MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.
(of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown
From this reading AUBURN AND BUFFALO: MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading AUBURN AND BUFFALO: MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading WITH ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY FRED M. COFFIN.
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading WITH ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY FRED M. COFFIN.
plural of “design” — the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
From this reading WITH ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY FRED M. COFFIN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FANNY'S LITTLE FRIENDS.
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
From this reading "FERN LEAVES."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY FRED M. COFFIN.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading FANNY'S LITTLE FRIENDS.
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading "FERN LEAVES."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading FANNY'S LITTLE FRIENDS.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading WITH ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY FRED M. COFFIN.
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading AUBURN AND BUFFALO: MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.
Irish version of burgoo
From this reading AUBURN AND BUFFALO: MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading WITH ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY FRED M. COFFIN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUBURN AND BUFFALO: MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.
coming next after the thirtieth in position
From this reading THIRTY-FIRST THOUSAND.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading THIRTY-FIRST THOUSAND.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITH ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY FRED M. COFFIN.
Chapter 1 of Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends by Fanny Fern holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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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