Chapter 10 of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
POULTRY AND GAME. =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table. They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact. They are always high in price and considered great luxuries. They are cooked the same as chicken.
Chapter 10 of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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flesh of a castrated male chicken
From this reading “=Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.”
the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading “They are cooked the same as chicken.”
having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
From this reading “They are cooked the same as chicken.”
(of market animals) made ready for market
From this reading “=Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.”
constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged
From this reading “They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.”
plural of “luxury” — something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
From this reading “They are always high in price and considered great luxuries.”
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading “POULTRY AND GAME.”
in a special manner
From this reading “=Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.”
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 “They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.”
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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 =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading They are always high in price and considered great luxuries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading POULTRY AND GAME.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are always high in price and considered great luxuries.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They are cooked the same as chicken.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
flesh of a castrated male chicken
From this reading =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading They are cooked the same as chicken.
carefully weighed
From this reading They are always high in price and considered great luxuries.
having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
From this reading They are cooked the same as chicken.
(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
(of market animals) made ready for market
From this reading =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
plural of “feather” — the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading POULTRY AND GAME.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading They are always high in price and considered great luxuries.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading They are always high in price and considered great luxuries.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
plural of “luxury” — something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
From this reading They are always high in price and considered great luxuries.
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading POULTRY AND GAME.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading They are always high in price and considered great luxuries.
Identical; not different.
From this reading They are cooked the same as chicken.
in a special manner
From this reading =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent
From this reading =Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table.
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers being left intact.
Chapter 10 of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery by Emma Paddock Telford holds 235 sentences, grouped into 47 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 10 holds 235 sentences of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
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