Chapter 1 of More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme is here in full — 498 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme is here in full — 498 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C. The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then? Poor thing! He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing. Poor thing!
Chapter 1 of More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme is here in full — 498 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading “He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.”
an old form of “does”
From this reading “The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?”
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
From this reading “RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.”
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.”
a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
From this reading “RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.”
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading “The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?”
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?”
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading “He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
exhale hard
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
an old form of “does”
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
From this reading RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Poor thing!
a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
From this reading RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
be seated
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
a special situation
From this reading Poor thing!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then?
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading He will sit in a barn, And to keep himself warm He will hide his head under his wing.
Chapter 1 of More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme by Ada M. Marzials holds 498 sentences, grouped into 100 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 498 sentences of More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme, unabridged, divided into 100 reading sections.
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