Chapter 1 of Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
KITTY'S BASKET RIDE. |Once I had a little black and white kitten. She was very cunning and playful, but not very wise. On one side of our house was a high grape trellis. One morning kitty went out and began to climb this trellis.
Chapter 1 of Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a container that is usually woven and has handles
From this reading “KITTY'S BASKET RIDE.”
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading “One morning kitty went out and began to climb this trellis.”
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading “She was very cunning and playful, but not very wise.”
any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
From this reading “On one side of our house was a high grape trellis.”
young domestic cat
From this reading “|Once I had a little black and white kitten.”
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading “KITTY'S BASKET RIDE.”
full of fun and high spirits
From this reading “She was very cunning and playful, but not very wise.”
latticework used to support climbing plants
From this reading “On one side of our house was a high grape trellis.”
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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In this reading “|Once I had a little black and white kitten.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “One morning kitty went out and began to climb this trellis.”
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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 |Once I had a little black and white kitten.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading |Once I had a little black and white kitten.
a container that is usually woven and has handles
From this reading KITTY'S BASKET RIDE.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading One morning kitty went out and began to climb this trellis.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading |Once I had a little black and white kitten.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She was very cunning and playful, but not very wise.
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading One morning kitty went out and began to climb this trellis.
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading She was very cunning and playful, but not very wise.
any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
From this reading On one side of our house was a high grape trellis.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading |Once I had a little black and white kitten.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading On one side of our house was a high grape trellis.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading On one side of our house was a high grape trellis.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading |Once I had a little black and white kitten.
young domestic cat
From this reading |Once I had a little black and white kitten.
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading One morning kitty went out and began to climb this trellis.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading KITTY'S BASKET RIDE.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading |Once I had a little black and white kitten.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading One morning kitty went out and began to climb this trellis.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She was very cunning and playful, but not very wise.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On one side of our house was a high grape trellis.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On one side of our house was a high grape trellis.
on one occasion
From this reading |Once I had a little black and white kitten.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On one side of our house was a high grape trellis.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading On one side of our house was a high grape trellis.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading One morning kitty went out and began to climb this trellis.
full of fun and high spirits
From this reading She was very cunning and playful, but not very wise.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading KITTY'S BASKET RIDE.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was very cunning and playful, but not very wise.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading On one side of our house was a high grape trellis.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading One morning kitty went out and began to climb this trellis.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One morning kitty went out and began to climb this trellis.
latticework used to support climbing plants
From this reading On one side of our house was a high grape trellis.
precisely as stated
From this reading She was very cunning and playful, but not very wise.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was very cunning and playful, but not very wise.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading One morning kitty went out and began to climb this trellis.
a Caucasian
From this reading |Once I had a little black and white kitten.
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading She was very cunning and playful, but not very wise.
Chapter 1 of Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets by Oscar M. [Editor] Dunham holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 416 sentences of Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets by Oscar M. [Editor] Dunham exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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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