Chapter 16 of Dame Care is here in full — 285 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Dame Care is here in full — 285 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Winter came and went.... The heath was covered with snow and became green again.... The ranunculus lifted up their golden heads.... The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky. Only to the dismal Howdahs spring would not come.
Chapter 16 of Dame Care is here in full — 285 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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causing dejection
From this reading “Only to the dismal Howdahs spring would not come.”
a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
From this reading “The heath was covered with snow and became green again....”
desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
From this reading “The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.”
North American songbirds having a yellow breast
From this reading “The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.”
plural of “shoot” — a new branch
From this reading “The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.”
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading “The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.”
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading “The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.”
sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
From this reading “The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.”
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anew
From this reading The heath was covered with snow and became green again....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Winter came and went....
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading The heath was covered with snow and became green again....
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Winter came and went....
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Only to the dismal Howdahs spring would not come.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading The heath was covered with snow and became green again....
causing dejection
From this reading Only to the dismal Howdahs spring would not come.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading The ranunculus lifted up their golden heads....
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading The heath was covered with snow and became green again....
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The ranunculus lifted up their golden heads....
a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
From this reading The heath was covered with snow and became green again....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only to the dismal Howdahs spring would not come.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
North American songbirds having a yellow breast
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
held up in the air
From this reading The ranunculus lifted up their golden heads....
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Only to the dismal Howdahs spring would not come.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
and nothing more
From this reading Only to the dismal Howdahs spring would not come.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot
From this reading The ranunculus lifted up their golden heads....
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
plural of “shoot” — a new branch
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The heath was covered with snow and became green again....
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
the season of growth
From this reading Only to the dismal Howdahs spring would not come.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The heath was covered with snow and became green again....
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The ranunculus lifted up their golden heads....
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Only to the dismal Howdahs spring would not come.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The ranunculus lifted up their golden heads....
sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
From this reading The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The heath was covered with snow and became green again....
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Winter came and went....
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Winter came and went....
in the company of; together with
From this reading The heath was covered with snow and became green again....
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Only to the dismal Howdahs spring would not come.
Chapter 16 of Dame Care by Hermann Sudermann holds 285 sentences, grouped into 57 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 16 holds 285 sentences of Dame Care, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
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