Chapter 1 of The Nurserymatograph is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Nurserymatograph is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY. MCMXXI. in your machine. Pharaoh's lean kine ate the fat kine. SPARKES' OXETYLENE KINE- matic Lantern. SACK THE LOT!
Chapter 1 of The Nurserymatograph is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 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.
goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
From this reading “Pharaoh's lean kine ate the fat kine.”
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading “Pharaoh's lean kine ate the fat kine.”
a narrow way or road
From this reading “LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY.”
light in a transparent protective case
From this reading “SPARKES' OXETYLENE KINE- matic Lantern.”
to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “Pharaoh's lean kine ate the fat kine.”
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
From this reading “MCMXXI. in your machine.”
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
From this reading “SACK THE LOT!”
third-person singular of “spark” — put in motion or move to act
From this reading “SPARKES' OXETYLENE KINE- matic Lantern.”
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.
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goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
From this reading Pharaoh's lean kine ate the fat kine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading Pharaoh's lean kine ate the fat kine.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MCMXXI. in your machine.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY.
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading Pharaoh's lean kine ate the fat kine.
a narrow way or road
From this reading LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY.
light in a transparent protective case
From this reading SPARKES' OXETYLENE KINE- matic Lantern.
to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Pharaoh's lean kine ate the fat kine.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading SACK THE LOT!
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
From this reading MCMXXI. in your machine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SPARKES' OXETYLENE KINE- matic Lantern.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MCMXXI. in your machine.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SPARKES' OXETYLENE KINE- matic Lantern.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pharaoh's lean kine ate the fat kine.
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
From this reading SACK THE LOT!
third-person singular of “spark” — put in motion or move to act
From this reading SPARKES' OXETYLENE KINE- matic Lantern.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MCMXXI. in your machine.
Chapter 1 of The Nurserymatograph by G. A. T. (George A. T.) Allan holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 441 sentences of The Nurserymatograph, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Nurserymatograph by G. A. T. (George A. T.) Allan exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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