Chapter 1 of Petunia again is here in full — 748 sentences across 150 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Petunia again is here in full — 748 sentences across 150 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture. _G. K. Chesterton._ J.T.C. _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.” _My grandfather_: “And you won’t need anything. There will be things to see and people to listen to.”
Chapter 1 of Petunia again is here in full — 748 sentences across 150 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/149 · 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 written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.”
conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)
From this reading “_G. K. Chesterton._ J.T.C.”
the father of your father or mother
a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
From this reading “A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.”
hear with intention
From this reading “There will be things to see and people to listen to.””
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading “A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.”
create by training and teaching
From this reading “_The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.””
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
From this reading “A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.”
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.
a youthful female person
In this reading “_The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.””
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
any thing at all
From this reading _My grandfather_: “And you won’t need anything.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There will be things to see and people to listen to.”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading _G. K. Chesterton._ J.T.C.
conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)
From this reading _G. K. Chesterton._ J.T.C.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading _G. K. Chesterton._ J.T.C.
a young female
From this reading _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading _My grandfather_: “And you won’t need anything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading _G. K. Chesterton._ J.T.C.
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading _G. K. Chesterton._ J.T.C.
a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
hear with intention
From this reading There will be things to see and people to listen to.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _My grandfather_: “And you won’t need anything.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading _My grandfather_: “And you won’t need anything.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading There will be things to see and people to listen to.”
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading There will be things to see and people to listen to.”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading _G. K. Chesterton._ J.T.C.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading There will be things to see and people to listen to.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading There will be things to see and people to listen to.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.”
create by training and teaching
From this reading _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.”
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
precisely as stated
From this reading A book is very like a kite, being made of paper and sent out at a venture.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The little girl that was me_: “I’ve nothing to read in the train.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There will be things to see and people to listen to.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _My grandfather_: “And you won’t need anything.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _My grandfather_: “And you won’t need anything.
Chapter 1 of Petunia again by S. Elizabeth (Sarah Elizabeth) Jackson holds 748 sentences, grouped into 150 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 748 sentences of Petunia again, unabridged, divided into 150 reading sections.
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