Chapter 1 of The Tiny Picture Book is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Tiny Picture Book is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TINY PICTURE BOOK. THE TINY PICTURE BOOK. G. W. HOBBS, CHARLESTOWN. APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree. A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
Chapter 1 of The Tiny Picture Book is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “apple” — fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading “APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.”
any of the larger branches of a tree
From this reading “A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.”
a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629
From this reading “G. W. HOBBS, CHARLESTOWN.”
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
From this reading “A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.”
notable English cricketer (1882-1963)
From this reading “G. W. HOBBS, CHARLESTOWN.”
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading “A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.”
possessive form of “neighbor” — a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.”
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
From this reading “APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.”
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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 A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
plural of “apple” — fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading THE TINY PICTURE BOOK.
any of the larger branches of a tree
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
a youthful male person
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629
From this reading G. W. HOBBS, CHARLESTOWN.
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading G. W. HOBBS, CHARLESTOWN.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
notable English cricketer (1882-1963)
From this reading G. W. HOBBS, CHARLESTOWN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
possessive form of “neighbor” — a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
on one occasion
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading THE TINY PICTURE BOOK.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
take without the owner's consent
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TINY PICTURE BOOK.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
very small
From this reading THE TINY PICTURE BOOK.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading A naughty boy once tried to steal From off his neighbor's bough; But sad to hear, adown he fell, And is a cripple now.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading APPLES so round, and bright, and red-- O, how I love to see; They look so tempting as they hang Upon the green old tree.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading G. W. HOBBS, CHARLESTOWN.
Chapter 1 of The Tiny Picture Book by Anonymous holds 79 sentences, grouped into 16 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 79 sentences of The Tiny Picture Book, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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