Chapter 1 of Pam and the Countess is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Pam and the Countess is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk. Camilla’s Castle. The Forbidden Island. Nancy’s Fox Farm. White Wings to the Rescue.
Chapter 1 of Pam and the Countess is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
From this reading “_Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.”
Not allowed; banned or prohibited by rule or law.
From this reading “The Forbidden Island.”
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading “Nancy’s Fox Farm.”
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
From this reading “_Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.”
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
possessive form of “nancy” — a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
free from harm or evil
From this reading “White Wings to the Rescue.”
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading “White Wings to the Rescue.”
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 “_Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.”
In this reading “White Wings to the Rescue.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.
stem of a bean plant
From this reading _Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.
English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
From this reading _Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Camilla’s Castle.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading Camilla’s Castle.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading Nancy’s Fox Farm.
Not allowed; banned or prohibited by rule or law.
From this reading The Forbidden Island.
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading Nancy’s Fox Farm.
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
From this reading _Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading _Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading The Forbidden Island.
possessive form of “nancy” — a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading Nancy’s Fox Farm.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading _Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.
free from harm or evil
From this reading White Wings to the Rescue.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Illustrated by Gordon Browne, R.I._ Gill and the Beanstalk.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading White Wings to the Rescue.
a Caucasian
From this reading White Wings to the Rescue.
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading White Wings to the Rescue.
Chapter 1 of Pam and the Countess by E. E. (Edith Elise) Cowper holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 404 sentences of Pam and the Countess, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Pam and the Countess by E. E. (Edith Elise) Cowper exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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