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Chapter 1 of Misunderstood is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
| | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER." NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET. NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street. Dedicated.
Chapter 1 of Misunderstood is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/2 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
From this reading “Dedicated.”
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading “NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.”
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading “NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.”
someone whose occupation is printing
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.”
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “| | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."”
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading “| | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."”
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.
In this reading “| | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."”
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From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
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From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
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From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
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From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
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From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."
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From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
From this reading Dedicated.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
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From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."
someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
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From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."
coming next after the twenty-second in position
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
precisely as stated
From this reading | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ "A VERY SIMPLE STORY," and "PEGGY AND OTHER TALES," "THROWN TOGETHER."
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY, 38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
Chapter 1 of Misunderstood by Florence Montgomery holds 12 sentences, grouped into 3 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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