Chapter 6 of The Child's Book of Nature is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of The Child's Book of Nature is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT SEEDS ARE FOR. [Sidenote: Growth from seeds wonderful.] In telling you about fruits I told you also something about seeds. In this chapter I shall tell you more about them. Plants commonly come up from seeds.
Chapter 6 of The Child's Book of Nature is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 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 “In this chapter I shall tell you more about them.”
under normal conditions
From this reading “Plants commonly come up from seeds.”
plural of “fruit” — the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
From this reading “In telling you about fruits I told you also something about seeds.”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “[Sidenote: Growth from seeds wonderful.]”
plural of “plant” — buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading “Plants commonly come up from seeds.”
plural of “seed” — a small hard fruit
From this reading “WHAT SEEDS ARE FOR.”
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading “In telling you about fruits I told you also something about seeds.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “[Sidenote: Growth from seeds wonderful.]”
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.
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “Plants commonly come up from seeds.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading In telling you about fruits I told you also something about seeds.
in addition
From this reading In telling you about fruits I told you also something about seeds.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading WHAT SEEDS ARE FOR.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading In this chapter I shall tell you more about them.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Plants commonly come up from seeds.
under normal conditions
From this reading Plants commonly come up from seeds.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading WHAT SEEDS ARE FOR.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading [Sidenote: Growth from seeds wonderful.]
plural of “fruit” — the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
From this reading In telling you about fruits I told you also something about seeds.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading [Sidenote: Growth from seeds wonderful.]
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In telling you about fruits I told you also something about seeds.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In telling you about fruits I told you also something about seeds.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading In this chapter I shall tell you more about them.
plural of “plant” — buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading Plants commonly come up from seeds.
plural of “seed” — a small hard fruit
From this reading WHAT SEEDS ARE FOR.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading In this chapter I shall tell you more about them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Sidenote: Growth from seeds wonderful.]
a thing, without saying which
From this reading In telling you about fruits I told you also something about seeds.
express in words
From this reading In this chapter I shall tell you more about them.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading In telling you about fruits I told you also something about seeds.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In this chapter I shall tell you more about them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In this chapter I shall tell you more about them.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading In telling you about fruits I told you also something about seeds.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Plants commonly come up from seeds.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT SEEDS ARE FOR.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading [Sidenote: Growth from seeds wonderful.]
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading In telling you about fruits I told you also something about seeds.
Chapter 6 of The Child's Book of Nature by Worthington Hooker holds 217 sentences, grouped into 44 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 6 holds 217 sentences of The Child's Book of Nature, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
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