Chapter 1 of Lumber Lyrics is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Lumber Lyrics is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Christmas! And the bells are clanging! Christmas! And the goose is hanging high and joy’s abroad! Christmas is the happy season!
Chapter 1 of Lumber Lyrics is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
to or in a foreign country
From this reading “And the goose is hanging high and joy’s abroad!”
plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading “And the bells are clanging!”
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading “Christmas!”
having a loud resonant metallic sound
From this reading “And the bells are clanging!”
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading “And the goose is hanging high and joy’s abroad!”
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading “And the goose is hanging high and joy’s abroad!”
possessive form of “joy” — the emotion of great happiness
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading “Christmas is the happy season!”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
to or in a foreign country
From this reading And the goose is hanging high and joy’s abroad!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the bells are clanging!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And the bells are clanging!
plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading And the bells are clanging!
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading Christmas!
having a loud resonant metallic sound
From this reading And the bells are clanging!
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading And the goose is hanging high and joy’s abroad!
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading And the goose is hanging high and joy’s abroad!
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Christmas is the happy season!
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading And the goose is hanging high and joy’s abroad!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And the goose is hanging high and joy’s abroad!
possessive form of “joy” — the emotion of great happiness
From this reading And the goose is hanging high and joy’s abroad!
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading Christmas is the happy season!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the bells are clanging!
Chapter 1 of Lumber Lyrics by Walt Mason holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 425 sentences of Lumber Lyrics, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Lumber Lyrics by Walt Mason exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 35 minutes of reading across 85 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Lumber Lyrics section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Lumber Lyrics, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
