Chapter 1 of Sweet Content is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Sweet Content is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York. This edition dated 1891. Sweet Content, by Mrs Molesworth. ________________________________________________________________________ SWEET CONTENT, BY MRS MOLESWORTH. CHAPTER ONE.
Chapter 1 of Sweet Content is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading “Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.”
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading “This edition dated 1891.”
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “This edition dated 1891.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.”
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading “Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.”
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading “Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.”
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 “Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.”
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From this reading This edition dated 1891.
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From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading This edition dated 1891.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading This edition dated 1891.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This edition dated 1891.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Sweet Content By Mrs Molesworth Illustrations by W. Rainey Published by E.P. Dutton and Co, 31 West 23rd Street, New York.
Chapter 1 of Sweet Content by Mrs. Molesworth holds 454 sentences, grouped into 91 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 454 sentences of Sweet Content, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Sweet Content by Mrs. Molesworth exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 454 sentences, grouped into 91 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 91 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 91 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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Yes. All 2239 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #43112 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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About 186 minutes of reading across 448 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Sweet Content section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Sweet Content, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
