Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Little sweetheart is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NORMAN DE VERE’S PROTEGEE. MRS. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER. LITTLE SWEETHEART.
Little sweetheart
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Little sweetheart is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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NORMAN
DE
VERE’S
PROTEGEE.
MRS.
ALEX.
McVEIGH
MILLER.
LITTLE
SWEETHEART.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Little sweetheart
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Little sweetheart is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
NORMAN
DE
VERE’S
PROTEGEE.
Line 2
MRS.
/ˈmɪsɪz/
Line 3
ALEX.
Line 4
McVEIGH
MILLER.
Line 5
LITTLE
SWEETHEART.
/ˈlɪtəl ˈswiːthɑːrt/
Learner Dictionary
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “LITTLE SWEETHEART.”
miller
noun
US /ˈmɪlər/
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading “McVEIGH MILLER.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “MRS.”
norman
noun
US /ˈnɔːrmən/
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading “NORMAN DE VERE’S PROTEGEE.”
sweetheart
noun
US /ˈswiːthɑːrt/
a person loved by another person
From this reading “LITTLE SWEETHEART.”
Word partnerships in these lines
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All words in this reading · 10
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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ALEX
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALEX.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading NORMAN DE VERE’S PROTEGEE.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading LITTLE SWEETHEART.
McVEIGH
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading McVEIGH MILLER.
MILLERnounUS /ˈmɪlər/
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading McVEIGH MILLER.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
NORMANnounUS /ˈnɔːrmən/
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading NORMAN DE VERE’S PROTEGEE.
PROTEGEEnoun
a woman protege
From this reading NORMAN DE VERE’S PROTEGEE.
SWEETHEARTnounUS /ˈswiːthɑːrt/
a person loved by another person
From this reading LITTLE SWEETHEART.
VERE'S
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NORMAN DE VERE’S PROTEGEE.
Chapter 1 of Little sweetheart by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller holds 90 sentences, grouped into 18 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.
What does chapter 1 of Little sweetheart contain?
Chapter 1 holds 90 sentences of Little sweetheart, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Little sweetheart by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 90 sentences, grouped into 18 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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Work through the 18 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 404 minutes of reading across 971 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Little sweetheart
Words and structures a reader meets early in Little sweetheart, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Norman
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Little sweetheart; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Protegee
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Little sweetheart; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Mcveigh
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- Miller
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