Chapter 1 of The Dutch Twins is here in full — 511 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Dutch Twins is here in full — 511 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER. Grade I. THE DUTCH TWINS. Grade III. THE ESKIMO TWINS. Grade II.
Chapter 1 of The Dutch Twins is here in full — 511 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/102 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading “This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.”
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.”
of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture
From this reading “This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.”
a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (“eaters of raw flesh”) but they call themselves the Inuit (“the people”)
From this reading “THE ESKIMO TWINS.”
a body of students who are taught together
From this reading “Grade I. THE DUTCH TWINS.”
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
From this reading “This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.”
an introductory textbook
From this reading “This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.”
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading “This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture
From this reading This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (“eaters of raw flesh”) but they call themselves the Inuit (“the people”)
From this reading THE ESKIMO TWINS.
a body of students who are taught together
From this reading Grade I. THE DUTCH TWINS.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Grade I. THE DUTCH TWINS.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Grade II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Grade III.
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
From this reading This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
an introductory textbook
From this reading This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading This book belongs to Lawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
Chapter 1 of The Dutch Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins holds 511 sentences, grouped into 103 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 511 sentences of The Dutch Twins, unabridged, divided into 103 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Dutch Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 511 sentences, grouped into 103 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.
Work through the 103 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 103 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 126 minutes of reading across 304 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Dutch Twins section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Dutch Twins, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
