Chapter 1 of The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively. Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text. COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC. WITH A HIEROGLYPHIC PREFACE. OVER ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
Chapter 1 of The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “capital” — assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading “Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.”
guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess
From this reading “COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.”
writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
From this reading “WITH A HIEROGLYPHIC PREFACE.”
plural of “italic” — a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
From this reading “Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.”
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading “WITH A HIEROGLYPHIC PREFACE.”
third-person singular of “represent” — take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
From this reading “Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.”
in the order given
From this reading “Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.”
plural of “riddle” — a difficult problem
From this reading “COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.”
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.
In this reading “Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.”
a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
In this reading “Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 WITH A HIEROGLYPHIC PREFACE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.
a game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters
From this reading COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.
fearless and daring
From this reading Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.
plural of “capital” — assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.
guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess
From this reading COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
From this reading COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.
writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
From this reading WITH A HIEROGLYPHIC PREFACE.
ten 10s
From this reading OVER ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading OVER ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.
plural of “italic” — a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
From this reading Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading OVER ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
above and across; more than
From this reading OVER ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading WITH A HIEROGLYPHIC PREFACE.
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.
past form of “replace” — substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.
represented accurately or precisely
From this reading Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.
third-person singular of “represent” — take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
From this reading Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.
in the order given
From this reading Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.
plural of “riddle” — a difficult problem
From this reading COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.
a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
From this reading Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS; ^{text} represents superscript text.
the words of something written
From this reading Text printed in italics and bold face are here represented as _text_ and =text=, respectively.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITH A HIEROGLYPHIC PREFACE.
Chapter 1 of The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles by J. H. [Publisher] Tingley holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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 387 sentences of The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles by J. H. [Publisher] Tingley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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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