Chapter 12 of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery is here in full — 49 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery is here in full — 49 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LAMB AND MUTTON. THE paper bag seems made expressly for lamb and mutton cookery. =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones. This is best done the day before you are to bag it. Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.
Chapter 12 of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery is here in full — 49 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
From this reading “=Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.”
a very small quantity of something
From this reading “Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.”
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
From this reading “Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.”
with specific intentions; for the express purpose
From this reading “THE paper bag seems made expressly for lamb and mutton cookery.”
meat from a mature domestic sheep
From this reading “LAMB AND MUTTON.”
flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
From this reading “=Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.”
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading “Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.”
mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
From this reading “=Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.”
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.
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a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
In this reading “THE paper bag seems made expressly for lamb and mutton cookery.”
In this reading “=Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LAMB AND MUTTON.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading This is best done the day before you are to bag it.
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading THE paper bag seems made expressly for lamb and mutton cookery.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading This is best done the day before you are to bag it.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading This is best done the day before you are to bag it.
come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
From this reading THE paper bag seems made expressly for lamb and mutton cookery.
a very small quantity of something
From this reading Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading This is best done the day before you are to bag it.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading This is best done the day before you are to bag it.
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
From this reading Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.
with specific intentions; for the express purpose
From this reading THE paper bag seems made expressly for lamb and mutton cookery.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE paper bag seems made expressly for lamb and mutton cookery.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is best done the day before you are to bag it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This is best done the day before you are to bag it.
young sheep
From this reading LAMB AND MUTTON.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading THE paper bag seems made expressly for lamb and mutton cookery.
meat from a mature domestic sheep
From this reading LAMB AND MUTTON.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading THE paper bag seems made expressly for lamb and mutton cookery.
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.
flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading THE paper bag seems made expressly for lamb and mutton cookery.
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.
move stealthily
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE paper bag seems made expressly for lamb and mutton cookery.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is best done the day before you are to bag it.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This is best done the day before you are to bag it.
mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
up to a particular time
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Half an hour before serving, egg, crumb, season and put in a well-greased bag.
in the company of; together with
From this reading =Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading This is best done the day before you are to bag it.
Chapter 12 of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery by Emma Paddock Telford holds 49 sentences, grouped into 10 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 12 holds 49 sentences of Standard Paper-Bag Cookery, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
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