Chapter 1 of The Pearl Story Book A Collection of Tales is here in full — 492 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Pearl Story Book A Collection of Tales is here in full — 492 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I. THE TALISMAN OF THE GOOD GENIUS, &c. II. STORIES OF AFFECTION. III. THE PEARL STORY BOOK.
Chapter 1 of The Pearl Story Book A Collection of Tales is here in full — 492 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/98 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a positive feeling of liking
From this reading “STORIES OF AFFECTION.”
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “THE PEARL STORY BOOK.”
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading “I. THE TALISMAN OF THE GOOD GENIUS, &c.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “I. THE TALISMAN OF THE GOOD GENIUS, &c.”
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading “THE PEARL STORY BOOK.”
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 “STORIES OF AFFECTION.”
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 “THE PEARL STORY BOOK.”
An object, such as an inscribed ring or stone, thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck.
From this reading “I. THE TALISMAN OF THE GOOD GENIUS, &c.”
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.
a positive feeling of liking
From this reading STORIES OF AFFECTION.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading THE PEARL STORY BOOK.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading I. THE TALISMAN OF THE GOOD GENIUS, &c.
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading I. THE TALISMAN OF THE GOOD GENIUS, &c.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I. THE TALISMAN OF THE GOOD GENIUS, &c.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I. THE TALISMAN OF THE GOOD GENIUS, &c.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading III.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I. THE TALISMAN OF THE GOOD GENIUS, &c.
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading THE PEARL STORY BOOK.
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 STORIES OF AFFECTION.
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 THE PEARL STORY BOOK.
An object, such as an inscribed ring or stone, thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck.
From this reading I. THE TALISMAN OF THE GOOD GENIUS, &c.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I. THE TALISMAN OF THE GOOD GENIUS, &c.
Chapter 1 of The Pearl Story Book A Collection of Tales by Mrs. (Pamela Chandler) Colman holds 492 sentences, grouped into 99 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 492 sentences of The Pearl Story Book A Collection of Tales, unabridged, divided into 99 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Pearl Story Book A Collection of Tales by Mrs. (Pamela Chandler) Colman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 492 sentences, grouped into 99 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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