Chapter 10 of The Child at Home is here in full — 485 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Child at Home is here in full — 485 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TRAITS OF CHARACTER. Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others. There are some children you always love to be with. They are happy themselves, and they make you happy. There are others whose society you always avoid.
Chapter 10 of The Child at Home is here in full — 485 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.”
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading “There are others whose society you always avoid.”
dearly loved
From this reading “Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.”
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading “TRAITS OF CHARACTER.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.”
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading “Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.”
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading “There are others whose society you always avoid.”
plural of “trait” — a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
From this reading “TRAITS OF CHARACTER.”
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading There are some children you always love to be with.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are some children you always love to be with.
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading There are others whose society you always avoid.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
dearly loved
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading TRAITS OF CHARACTER.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading There are some children you always love to be with.
engage in
From this reading They are happy themselves, and they make you happy.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TRAITS OF CHARACTER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading There are others whose society you always avoid.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They are happy themselves, and they make you happy.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are some children you always love to be with.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are happy themselves, and they make you happy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children appear to be than others.
plural of “trait” — a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
From this reading TRAITS OF CHARACTER.
belonging to which person
From this reading There are others whose society you always avoid.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There are some children you always love to be with.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There are some children you always love to be with.
Chapter 10 of The Child at Home by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott holds 485 sentences, grouped into 97 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 485 sentences of The Child at Home, unabridged, divided into 97 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Child at Home by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 485 sentences, grouped into 97 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.
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