Chapter 1 of The Boys and I: A Child's Story for Children is here in full — 11 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Boys and I: A Child's Story for Children is here in full — 11 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK W. & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED. LONDON AND EDINBURGH. "Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?" _Frontispiece_.
Chapter 1 of The Boys and I: A Child's Story for Children is here in full — 11 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
English architect (1723-1796)
From this reading “& R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED.”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK W.”
the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth
From this reading “LONDON AND EDINBURGH.”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “"Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"”
small in range or scope
From this reading “& R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “LONDON AND EDINBURGH.”
disposed of to a purchaser
From this reading “"Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"”
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 “E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK W.”
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.
a teenager or a young adult male
In this reading “"Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK W.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"
English architect (1723-1796)
From this reading & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK W.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK W.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK W.
the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth
From this reading LONDON AND EDINBURGH.
an ornamental facade
From this reading _Frontispiece_.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading "Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"
small in range or scope
From this reading & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading LONDON AND EDINBURGH.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK W.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"
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 E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK W.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED.
disposed of to a purchaser
From this reading "Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"
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 E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK W.
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 E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK W.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "Oh, young man, this house is to be sold, I hear?"
Chapter 1 of The Boys and I: A Child's Story for Children by Mrs. Molesworth holds 11 sentences, grouped into 3 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 11 sentences of The Boys and I: A Child's Story for Children, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
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