Chapter 2 of The Child's Book of Nature is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Child's Book of Nature is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOW FLOWERS ARE MADE. If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them. It is just as it is when you love a person. You want to know all that you can about the friends that you love so well. And if you love flowers, you will like to know what I have to tell you about them.
Chapter 2 of The Child's Book of Nature is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “HOW FLOWERS ARE MADE.”
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “You want to know all that you can about the friends that you love so well.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “HOW FLOWERS ARE MADE.”
a human being
From this reading “It is just as it is when you love a person.”
express in words
From this reading “And if you love flowers, you will like to know what I have to tell you about them.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “You want to know all that you can about the friends that you love so well.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “You want to know all that you can about the friends that you love so well.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It is just as it is when you love a person.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And if you love flowers, you will like to know what I have to tell you about them.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading HOW FLOWERS ARE MADE.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is just as it is when you love a person.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading HOW FLOWERS ARE MADE.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading You want to know all that you can about the friends that you love so well.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And if you love flowers, you will like to know what I have to tell you about them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW FLOWERS ARE MADE.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And if you love flowers, you will like to know what I have to tell you about them.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is just as it is when you love a person.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is just as it is when you love a person.
and nothing more
From this reading It is just as it is when you love a person.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading HOW FLOWERS ARE MADE.
a human being
From this reading It is just as it is when you love a person.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading You want to know all that you can about the friends that you love so well.
express in words
From this reading And if you love flowers, you will like to know what I have to tell you about them.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You want to know all that you can about the friends that you love so well.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading You want to know all that you can about the friends that you love so well.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading You want to know all that you can about the friends that you love so well.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And if you love flowers, you will like to know what I have to tell you about them.
at the time that
From this reading It is just as it is when you love a person.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you love flowers you will like to know all that you can about them.
Chapter 2 of The Child's Book of Nature by Worthington Hooker holds 213 sentences, grouped into 43 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 2 holds 213 sentences of The Child's Book of Nature, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
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