Chapter 1 of Cornelli is here in full — 271 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Cornelli is here in full — 271 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The child now slackened her pace and began to sing: The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground. Hurrah, oh hurrah! All over the ground. Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
Chapter 1 of Cornelli is here in full — 271 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 5/54 · 5 reading units · Lines 21–25
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a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
From this reading “Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!”
a large number or amount
From this reading “The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.”
a victory cheer
From this reading “Hurrah, oh hurrah!”
a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
From this reading “The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.”
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading “The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:”
deliver by singing
From this reading “The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:”
past form of “slacken” — become slow or slower
From this reading “The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:”
possessive form of “snow” — precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
a young person of either sex
From this reading The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
From this reading Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.
a large number or amount
From this reading The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:
a victory cheer
From this reading Hurrah, oh hurrah!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
From this reading The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.
a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
From this reading The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Hurrah, oh hurrah!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.
above and across; more than
From this reading The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:
deliver by singing
From this reading The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:
past form of “slacken” — become slow or slower
From this reading The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.
possessive form of “snow” — precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The snow’s on the meadow, The snow’s all around, The snow lies in heaps All over the ground.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The child now slackened her pace and began to sing:
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading Oh cuckoo from the woods, Oh flowers so bright, Oh kindliest sun, Come and bring us delight!
Chapter 1 of Cornelli by Johanna Spyri holds 271 sentences, grouped into 55 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 271 sentences of Cornelli, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Cornelli by Johanna Spyri exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 271 sentences, grouped into 55 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 55 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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