Chapter 5 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 5 of The Turquoise Story Book is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief. But the maiden shook her head. "I shall not live in the tree-tops," she answered. "Choose your own way to live, Star-Maiden," said the chief. "I shall live among you as a flower," she said.
Chapter 5 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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plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “"They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief.”
a person who is in charge
From this reading “"They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief.”
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading “"Choose your own way to live, Star-Maiden," said the chief.”
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “"I shall live among you as a flower," she said.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “"I shall not live in the tree-tops," she answered.”
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading “But the maiden shook her head.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “But the maiden shook her head.”
deliver by singing
From this reading “"They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief.”
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 “"Choose your own way to live, Star-Maiden," said the chief.”
In this reading “"I shall live among you as a flower," she said.”
live in the house where one works
In this reading “"I shall not live in the tree-tops," she answered.”
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 "I shall live among you as a flower," she said.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading "I shall live among you as a flower," she said.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "I shall not live in the tree-tops," she answered.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I shall live among you as a flower," she said.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading "They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the maiden shook her head.
a person who is in charge
From this reading "They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief.
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading "Choose your own way to live, Star-Maiden," said the chief.
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading "I shall live among you as a flower," she said.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading But the maiden shook her head.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But the maiden shook her head.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I shall not live in the tree-tops," she answered.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I shall not live in the tree-tops," she answered.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "I shall not live in the tree-tops," she answered.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief.
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading But the maiden shook her head.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I shall not live in the tree-tops," she answered.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "Choose your own way to live, Star-Maiden," said the chief.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "I shall not live in the tree-tops," she answered.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I shall not live in the tree-tops," she answered.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading But the maiden shook her head.
deliver by singing
From this reading "They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Choose your own way to live, Star-Maiden," said the chief.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "They love to hear the birds sing," said the chief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I shall not live in the tree-tops," she answered.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "Choose your own way to live, Star-Maiden," said the chief.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I shall live among you as a flower," she said.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Choose your own way to live, Star-Maiden," said the chief.
Chapter 5 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 5 holds 430 sentences of The Turquoise Story Book, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 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 5 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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