Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 359, November 13, 1886 is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 359, November 13, 1886 is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A DAISY. BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure." Be like the Daisy, Sweet maid. Behold How glorious within Her heart of gold! Be like the Daisy, In shine or shade, In summer or winter, Courageous maid!
Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 359, November 13, 1886 is here in full — 12 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.
see with attention
From this reading “Behold How glorious within Her heart of gold!”
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading “Be like the Daisy, In shine or shade, In summer or winter, Courageous maid!”
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading “A DAISY.”
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading “Behold How glorious within Her heart of gold!”
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading “BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."”
time available for ease and relaxation
From this reading “BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."”
be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading “Be like the Daisy, In shine or shade, In summer or winter, Courageous maid!”
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading “BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."”
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.
In this reading “Be like the Daisy, Sweet maid.”
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A DAISY.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be like the Daisy, Sweet maid.
see with attention
From this reading Behold How glorious within Her heart of gold!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading Be like the Daisy, In shine or shade, In summer or winter, Courageous maid!
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading A DAISY.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading Behold How glorious within Her heart of gold!
coins made of gold
From this reading Behold How glorious within Her heart of gold!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Behold How glorious within Her heart of gold!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Behold How glorious within Her heart of gold!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Behold How glorious within Her heart of gold!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Be like the Daisy, In shine or shade, In summer or winter, Courageous maid!
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."
time available for ease and relaxation
From this reading BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Be like the Daisy, Sweet maid.
a female domestic
From this reading Be like the Daisy, Sweet maid.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Be like the Daisy, In shine or shade, In summer or winter, Courageous maid!
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading Be like the Daisy, In shine or shade, In summer or winter, Courageous maid!
be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading Be like the Daisy, In shine or shade, In summer or winter, Courageous maid!
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading Be like the Daisy, In shine or shade, In summer or winter, Courageous maid!
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Be like the Daisy, Sweet maid.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Be like the Daisy, Sweet maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY CLARA THWAITES, Author of "Songs for Labour and Leisure."
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Be like the Daisy, In shine or shade, In summer or winter, Courageous maid!
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Behold How glorious within Her heart of gold!
Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 359, November 13, 1886 by Various holds 12 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 12 sentences of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 359, November 13, 1886, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 359, November 13, 1886 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 12 sentences, grouped into 3 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 3 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 3 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 73 minutes of reading across 177 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 359, November 13, 1886 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 359, November 13, 1886, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
