Chapter 1 of The Misfit Christmas Puddings is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Misfit Christmas Puddings is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day. _PLACES_ BAKER BAUMGAeRTNER'S ESTABLISHMENT. Large and flourishing. THE M'CARTY ABODE. Small and dilapidated.
Chapter 1 of The Misfit Christmas Puddings is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
From this reading “THE M'CARTY ABODE.”
someone who bakes commercially
From this reading “_PLACES_ BAKER BAUMGAeRTNER'S ESTABLISHMENT.”
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
From this reading “Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.”
in deplorable condition
From this reading “Small and dilapidated.”
the act of forming or establishing something
From this reading “_PLACES_ BAKER BAUMGAeRTNER'S ESTABLISHMENT.”
very lively and profitable
From this reading “Large and flourishing.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.”
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 Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
From this reading THE M'CARTY ABODE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
someone who bakes commercially
From this reading _PLACES_ BAKER BAUMGAeRTNER'S ESTABLISHMENT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _PLACES_ BAKER BAUMGAeRTNER'S ESTABLISHMENT.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
in deplorable condition
From this reading Small and dilapidated.
the act of forming or establishing something
From this reading _PLACES_ BAKER BAUMGAeRTNER'S ESTABLISHMENT.
very lively and profitable
From this reading Large and flourishing.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Large and flourishing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE M'CARTY ABODE.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading _PLACES_ BAKER BAUMGAeRTNER'S ESTABLISHMENT.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Small and dilapidated.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Colonial Press _C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ _TIME_ The day before Christmas and Christmas day.
Chapter 1 of The Misfit Christmas Puddings by Consolation Club holds 476 sentences, grouped into 96 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.
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