Chapter 1 of The Turquoise Story Book is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Turquoise Story Book is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE DIAMOND STORY BOOK. Compiled by PENRHYN W. COUSSENS. Illustrations in color by Ethel Green. _net_ $1.75 THE EMERALD STORY BOOK. _Stories of Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.
Chapter 1 of The Turquoise Story Book is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
From this reading “_Stories of Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.”
past form of “compile” — get or gather together
From this reading “Compiled by PENRHYN W. COUSSENS.”
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading “THE DIAMOND STORY BOOK.”
a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
From this reading “_Stories of Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.”
a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
From this reading “_net_ $1.75 THE EMERALD STORY BOOK.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “Illustrations in color by Ethel Green.”
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
United States actor (1858-1942)
From this reading “_Stories of Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.”
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In this reading “Illustrations in color by Ethel Green.”
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From this reading _net_ $1.75 THE EMERALD STORY BOOK.
an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
From this reading _Stories of Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Stories of Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading THE DIAMOND STORY BOOK.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Compiled by PENRHYN W. COUSSENS.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading Illustrations in color by Ethel Green.
past form of “compile” — get or gather together
From this reading Compiled by PENRHYN W. COUSSENS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Compiled by PENRHYN W. COUSSENS.
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading THE DIAMOND STORY BOOK.
a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
From this reading _Stories of Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Stories of Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.
a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
From this reading _net_ $1.75 THE EMERALD STORY BOOK.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Illustrations in color by Ethel Green.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Illustrations in color by Ethel Green.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading Illustrations in color by Ethel Green.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Illustrations in color by Ethel Green.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading _Stories of Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
From this reading _net_ $1.75 THE EMERALD STORY BOOK.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Stories of Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Compiled by PENRHYN W. COUSSENS.
United States actor (1858-1942)
From this reading _Stories of Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.
the season of growth
From this reading _Stories of Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.
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 Spring, Nature, and Easter,_ By ADA and ELEANOR SKINNER.
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 DIAMOND STORY BOOK.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DIAMOND STORY BOOK.
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 Compiled by PENRHYN W. COUSSENS.
Chapter 1 of The Turquoise Story Book by Ada M. (Ada Maria)[Compiler] Skinner holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 430 sentences of The Turquoise Story Book, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Turquoise Story Book by Ada M. (Ada Maria)[Compiler] Skinner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 86 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 288 minutes of reading across 692 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Turquoise Story Book, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
