Chapter 1 of The Bird and Insects' Post Office is here in full — 23 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Bird and Insects' Post Office is here in full — 23 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BIRD AND INSECTS' POST-OFFICE. THE BIRD AND INSECTS' POST-OFFICE. _Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c. &c._ E. P. DUTTON AND CO. GRIFFITH AND FARRAN: ST.
Chapter 1 of The Bird and Insects' Post Office is here in full — 23 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “THE BIRD AND INSECTS' POST-OFFICE.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “_Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c.”
possessive form of “farmer” — a person who operates a farm
From this reading “_Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c.”
United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948)
From this reading “GRIFFITH AND FARRAN: ST.”
plural of “insect” — small air-breathing arthropod
From this reading “THE BIRD AND INSECTS' POST-OFFICE.”
living in or characteristic of farming or country life
From this reading “_Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c.”
plural of “tale” — 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 “_Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c.”
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In this reading “_Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BIRD AND INSECTS' POST-OFFICE.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading _Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading THE BIRD AND INSECTS' POST-OFFICE.
a youthful male person
From this reading _Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading _Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading &c._ E. P. DUTTON AND CO.
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From this reading &c._ E. P. DUTTON AND CO.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading &c._ E. P. DUTTON AND CO.
possessive form of “farmer” — a person who operates a farm
From this reading _Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GRIFFITH AND FARRAN: ST.
United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948)
From this reading GRIFFITH AND FARRAN: ST.
plural of “insect” — small air-breathing arthropod
From this reading THE BIRD AND INSECTS' POST-OFFICE.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c.
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 &c._ E. P. DUTTON AND CO.
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From this reading THE BIRD AND INSECTS' POST-OFFICE.
living in or characteristic of farming or country life
From this reading _Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GRIFFITH AND FARRAN: ST.
plural of “tale” — 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 _Author of "The Farmer's Boy," "Rural Tales", &c.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BIRD AND INSECTS' POST-OFFICE.
Chapter 1 of The Bird and Insects' Post Office by Robert Bloomfield holds 23 sentences, grouped into 5 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 23 sentences of The Bird and Insects' Post Office, unabridged, divided into 5 reading sections.
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