Chapter 1 of The house with the silver door is here in full — 510 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The house with the silver door is here in full — 510 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This ebook was created in honour of THE HOUSE WITH THE SILVER DOOR. WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD. DIXIE KITTEN. AN OLD, OLD STORY-BOOK.
Chapter 1 of The house with the silver door is here in full — 510 sentences across 102 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.
fearless and daring
From this reading “WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD.”
past form of “create” — make or cause to be or to become
From this reading “This ebook was created in honour of”
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
From this reading “DIXIE KITTEN.”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “THE HOUSE WITH THE SILVER DOOR.”
the state of being honored
From this reading “This ebook was created in honour of”
young domestic cat
From this reading “DIXIE KITTEN.”
plural of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading “WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD.”
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading “THE HOUSE WITH THE SILVER DOOR.”
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.
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.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN OLD, OLD STORY-BOOK.
fearless and daring
From this reading WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD.
past form of “create” — make or cause to be or to become
From this reading This ebook was created in honour of
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
From this reading DIXIE KITTEN.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading THE HOUSE WITH THE SILVER DOOR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This ebook was created in honour of
the state of being honored
From this reading This ebook was created in honour of
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading THE HOUSE WITH THE SILVER DOOR.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This ebook was created in honour of
young domestic cat
From this reading DIXIE KITTEN.
plural of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This ebook was created in honour of
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading AN OLD, OLD STORY-BOOK.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading THE HOUSE WITH THE SILVER DOOR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN OLD, OLD STORY-BOOK.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOUSE WITH THE SILVER DOOR.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This ebook was created in honour of
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This ebook was created in honour of
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD.
at the time that
From this reading WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE HOUSE WITH THE SILVER DOOR.
Chapter 1 of The house with the silver door by Eva March Tappan holds 510 sentences, grouped into 102 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 510 sentences of The house with the silver door, unabridged, divided into 102 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The house with the silver door by Eva March Tappan exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 510 sentences, grouped into 102 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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