Chapter 1 of Skewbald, the New Forest Pony is here in full — 479 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Skewbald, the New Forest Pony is here in full — 479 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
=EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket. Large crown 8vo, cloth. Price 3s. 6d. net. (By post, 4s.)
Chapter 1 of Skewbald, the New Forest Pony is here in full — 479 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
From this reading “=EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.”
plural of “drawing” — an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading “=EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “=EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.”
a short coat
From this reading “=EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.”
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading “=EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.”
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
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a range horse of the western United States
From this reading “=EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.”
the words of something written
From this reading “=EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.”
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 “=EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.”
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From this reading 6d. net.
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From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
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having or capable of producing colors
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
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a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
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plural of “drawing” — an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
horned sheep of Devon; valued for mutton
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
an ornamental facade
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
a short coat
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
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a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
From this reading 6d. net.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
a range horse of the western United States
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
affix in a public place or for public notice
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the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
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1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
the words of something written
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
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in the company of; together with
From this reading =EXMOOR LASS=, and other Pony Stories With frontispiece in colour and about 76 illustrations from drawings by the Author in the text, and with coloured jacket.
Chapter 1 of Skewbald, the New Forest Pony by Allen W. (Allen William) Seaby holds 479 sentences, grouped into 96 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 479 sentences of Skewbald, the New Forest Pony, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Skewbald, the New Forest Pony by Allen W. (Allen William) Seaby exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 479 sentences, grouped into 96 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 96 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 96 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 119 minutes of reading across 286 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Skewbald, the New Forest Pony section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Skewbald, the New Forest Pony, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
