Chapter 1 of Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place." _My Opposite Neighbour._ THIS DEDICATION IS MADE. BINDON, _August_ 1887. "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread." MARY LAMB.
Chapter 1 of Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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complete and wholehearted fidelity
From this reading “_My Opposite Neighbour._ THIS DEDICATION IS MADE.”
marked by or given to doubt
From this reading “"Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."”
any federal law-enforcement officer
From this reading “"Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."”
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading “"Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."”
young sheep
From this reading “MARY LAMB.”
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading “"Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."”
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “_My Opposite Neighbour._ THIS DEDICATION IS MADE.”
make a painting
From this reading “"Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."”
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 BINDON, _August_ 1887.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading BINDON, _August_ 1887.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BINDON, _August_ 1887.
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
complete and wholehearted fidelity
From this reading _My Opposite Neighbour._ THIS DEDICATION IS MADE.
marked by or given to doubt
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
opinion or judgment
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
any federal law-enforcement officer
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _My Opposite Neighbour._ THIS DEDICATION IS MADE.
young sheep
From this reading MARY LAMB.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading _My Opposite Neighbour._ THIS DEDICATION IS MADE.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading MARY LAMB.
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _My Opposite Neighbour._ THIS DEDICATION IS MADE.
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading _My Opposite Neighbour._ THIS DEDICATION IS MADE.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
being directly across from each other; facing
From this reading _My Opposite Neighbour._ THIS DEDICATION IS MADE.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
make a painting
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Henry was every morning fed With a full mess of milk and bread."
showing curiosity
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Would I could paint the serious brow, The eyes that look the world in face, Half-questioning, doubting, wondering how This happens thus, or that finds place."
Chapter 1 of Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story by Mrs. Molesworth holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 212 sentences of Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
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