Chapter 1 of Peter and Polly in Winter is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Peter and Polly in Winter is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes," said father. "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there. In the middle it flows faster. "Every cold night that ice will grow. It will soon cover the middle of the river, too.
Chapter 1 of Peter and Polly in Winter is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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.
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading “It will soon cover the middle of the river, too.”
plural of “edge” — the boundary of a surface
From this reading “"It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.”
more quickly
From this reading “In the middle it flows faster.”
plural of “flow” — the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading “"It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.”
plural of “freeze” — the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
From this reading “"It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.”
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “"Every cold night that ice will grow.”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “"Every cold night that ice will grow.”
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading “In the middle it flows faster.”
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 “"It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.”
In this reading “In the middle it flows faster.”
In this reading “"It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.”
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.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.
for the reason that
From this reading "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading "Every cold night that ice will grow.
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading It will soon cover the middle of the river, too.
plural of “edge” — the boundary of a surface
From this reading "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "Every cold night that ice will grow.
more quickly
From this reading In the middle it flows faster.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Yes," said father.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.
plural of “flow” — the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.
plural of “freeze” — the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
From this reading "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading "Every cold night that ice will grow.
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading "Every cold night that ice will grow.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the middle it flows faster.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading In the middle it flows faster.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "Every cold night that ice will grow.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It will soon cover the middle of the river, too.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading It will soon cover the middle of the river, too.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Yes," said father.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.
in the near future
From this reading It will soon cover the middle of the river, too.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Every cold night that ice will grow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading It will soon cover the middle of the river, too.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "It freezes first at the edges, because the water flows more slowly there.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Every cold night that ice will grow.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes," said father.
Chapter 1 of Peter and Polly in Winter by Rose Lucia holds 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 435 sentences of Peter and Polly in Winter, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Peter and Polly in Winter by Rose Lucia exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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