Chapter 11 of Dame Care is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Dame Care is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It was a midsummer night. The alder-tree sent forth its perfume. The moonlight lay in silver veils upon the earth. There was great rejoicing in the village. Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.
Chapter 11 of Dame Care is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading “Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.”
set afire or burning
From this reading “Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.”
plural of “maid” — a female domestic
From this reading “Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.”
June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
From this reading “It was a midsummer night.”
the light of the Moon
From this reading “The moonlight lay in silver veils upon the earth.”
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading “The alder-tree sent forth its perfume.”
a feeling of great happiness
From this reading “There was great rejoicing in the village.”
plural of “veil” — a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading “The moonlight lay in silver veils upon the earth.”
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 It was a midsummer night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The alder-tree sent forth its perfume.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver veils upon the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The alder-tree sent forth its perfume.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading There was great rejoicing in the village.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver veils upon the earth.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a midsummer night.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The alder-tree sent forth its perfume.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver veils upon the earth.
set afire or burning
From this reading Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.
plural of “maid” — a female domestic
From this reading Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.
June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
From this reading It was a midsummer night.
the light of the Moon
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver veils upon the earth.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading It was a midsummer night.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading The alder-tree sent forth its perfume.
a feeling of great happiness
From this reading There was great rejoicing in the village.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading The alder-tree sent forth its perfume.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver veils upon the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The alder-tree sent forth its perfume.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was great rejoicing in the village.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver veils upon the earth.
plural of “veil” — a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver veils upon the earth.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading There was great rejoicing in the village.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a midsummer night.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and maids were dancing on the green.
Chapter 11 of Dame Care by Hermann Sudermann holds 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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 11 holds 173 sentences of Dame Care, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Dame Care by Hermann Sudermann exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 35 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 11 can be played aloud in United States English.
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