Chapter 1 of The Puritan Twins is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Puritan Twins is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER. _Grade I._ THE DUTCH TWINS. _Grade III._ THE ESKIMO TWINS. _Grade II._ THE FILIPINO TWINS. _Grade IV._ THE JAPANESE TWINS.
Chapter 1 of The Puritan Twins is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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.
of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture
From this reading “THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.”
a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (“eaters of raw flesh”) but they call themselves the Inuit (“the people”)
From this reading “_Grade III._ THE ESKIMO TWINS.”
a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
From this reading “_Grade II._ THE FILIPINO TWINS.”
a body of students who are taught together
a native or inhabitant of Japan
From this reading “_Grade IV._ THE JAPANESE TWINS.”
an introductory textbook
From this reading “THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.”
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading “THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.”
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.
of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture
From this reading THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (“eaters of raw flesh”) but they call themselves the Inuit (“the people”)
From this reading _Grade III._ THE ESKIMO TWINS.
a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
From this reading _Grade II._ THE FILIPINO TWINS.
a body of students who are taught together
From this reading _Grade I._ THE DUTCH TWINS.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Grade I._ THE DUTCH TWINS.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading _Grade II._ THE FILIPINO TWINS.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading _Grade III._ THE ESKIMO TWINS.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading _Grade IV._ THE JAPANESE TWINS.
a native or inhabitant of Japan
From this reading _Grade IV._ THE JAPANESE TWINS.
an introductory textbook
From this reading THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER.
Chapter 1 of The Puritan Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 438 sentences of The Puritan Twins, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Puritan Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 110 minutes of reading across 264 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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