Chapter 1 of Pine Needles is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Pine Needles is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected. PINE NEEDLES. Warne's Star Series. PINE NEEDLES.
Chapter 1 of Pine Needles is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “capital” — assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading “Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.”
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.”
plural of “needle” — the leaf of a conifer
From this reading “PINE NEEDLES.”
past form of “normalize” — become normal or return to its normal state
From this reading “Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.”
someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading “Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.”
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
From this reading “Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.”
past form of “replace” — substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
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 “PINE NEEDLES.”
a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
In this reading “Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
plural of “capital” — assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.
plural of “needle” — the leaf of a conifer
From this reading PINE NEEDLES.
past form of “normalize” — become normal or return to its normal state
From this reading Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.
a coniferous tree
From this reading PINE NEEDLES.
someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
From this reading Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer errors have been corrected.
past form of “replace” — substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading Warne's Star Series.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading Warne's Star Series.
the words of something written
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Warne's Star Series.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
Chapter 1 of Pine Needles by Susan Warner holds 14 sentences, grouped into 3 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 14 sentences of Pine Needles, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Pine Needles, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
