Chapter 1 of The Motor Car Dumpy Book is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Motor Car Dumpy Book is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo., =1/6= EACH. =1. The Flamp.= =2. Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories.= =3. The Bad Family.= =4.
Chapter 1 of The Motor Car Dumpy Book is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “The Bad Family.= =4.”
warding off
From this reading “Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories.= =3.”
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo., =1/6= EACH.”
a social unit living together
From this reading “The Bad Family.= =4.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories.= =3.”
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading “CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo., =1/6= EACH.”
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories.= =3.”
possessive form of “turner” — United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
From this reading “Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories.= =3.”
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From this reading CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo., =1/6= EACH.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Flamp.= =2.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories.= =3.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo., =1/6= EACH.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Bad Family.= =4.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo., =1/6= EACH.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading The Bad Family.= =4.
warding off
From this reading Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories.= =3.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo., =1/6= EACH.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo., =1/6= EACH.
a social unit living together
From this reading The Bad Family.= =4.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Flamp.= =2.
an indefinitely short time
From this reading CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo., =1/6= EACH.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories.= =3.
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo., =1/6= EACH.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories.= =3.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Flamp.= =2.
possessive form of “turner” — United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
From this reading Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories.= =3.
Chapter 1 of The Motor Car Dumpy Book by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland holds 81 sentences, grouped into 17 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 81 sentences of The Motor Car Dumpy Book, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Motor Car Dumpy Book by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 81 sentences, grouped into 17 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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