Chapter 1 of Little Miss Joy is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Little Miss Joy is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother." _Page_. 167. _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC. JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO., LTD.
Chapter 1 of Little Miss Joy is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading “_Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.”
a special loved one
From this reading “[Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."”
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “[Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."”
any competition
From this reading “_Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.”
possessive form of “robert” — United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “_Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.”
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
From this reading “JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO., LTD.”
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading “[Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."”
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.
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From this reading 167.
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From this reading JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO., LTD.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO., LTD.
a special loved one
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO., LTD.
an ornamental facade
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO., LTD.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
apprehended with certainty
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO., LTD.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
many times at short intervals
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading _Page_.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
any competition
From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
possessive form of “robert” — United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
From this reading JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO., LTD.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
Chapter 1 of Little Miss Joy by Emma Marshall holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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 159 sentences of Little Miss Joy, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Little Miss Joy by Emma Marshall exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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.
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