Chapter 4 of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery is here in full — 29 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery is here in full — 29 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TIME TABLE. AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way. While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done. FISH. 1 lb.
Chapter 4 of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery is here in full — 29 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be close or similar
From this reading “While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.”
render capable or able for some task
From this reading “While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.”
possessive form of “family” — a social unit living together
From this reading “While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.”
plural of “figure” — a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading “While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.”
make less severe or harsh or extreme
From this reading “While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.”
plural of “predilection” — a predisposition in favor of something
From this reading “While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.”
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
From this reading “While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.”
a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
From this reading “While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.”
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In this reading “AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.”
In this reading “AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.”
In this reading “While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.”
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From this reading 1 lb.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
be close or similar
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
render capable or able for some task
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
possessive form of “family” — a social unit living together
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
plural of “figure” — a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading FISH.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading 1 lb.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
make less severe or harsh or extreme
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
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From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
plural of “predilection” — a predisposition in favor of something
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading TIME TABLE.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading TIME TABLE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
during the time that
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done.
Chapter 4 of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery by Emma Paddock Telford holds 29 sentences, grouped into 6 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 4 holds 29 sentences of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery, unabridged, divided into 6 reading sections.
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