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English to Italian · more languages to come

A book that turns into the language you’re learning

Start reading in English. The words you meet most switch to Italian, a few at a time, and you choose which ones stay. Keep reading, and the book carries you across.

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Free. No account, nothing to install. Works on a phone.

Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles.

No drills. You just keep reading.

  1. Words that keep coming back turn Italian

    The first two times, the English meaning sits right above the word. You never stop to look anything up.

  2. You keep the ones that feel familiar

    One tap, and that word is Italian from then on, in this book and the next. Changed your mind? One tap puts it back in English.

  3. The book follows your pace

    A new word is offered only after you keep one. Phrases, then whole sentences, turn Italian as your words add up.

Try it here

This is the whole idea in one sentence. Tap the marked word and choose what happens to it. On the reading page every word works this way.

The six things worth knowing

The cane slept in front of the casa.

Start with a classic

The opening chapters of four books everyone is free to read. Your words carry over from one book to the next.

Your own books, on your Mac

GraduRead for Mac prepares any EPUB or text file you have, straight from your Apple Books library if you like. Your books and your words stay on your Mac.

About the Mac app

What’s next

An iPhone and iPad app, adding your own books on the web, and more languages. Leave your address and you’ll hear when the one you want is ready.

Tell me when this is ready

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