Chapter 17 of Edelweiss: A Story is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Edelweiss: A Story is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A FRIEND'S WARNING. Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room. He is playing the guitar. O dear good Pilgrim! May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
Chapter 17 of Edelweiss: A Story is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “A FRIEND'S WARNING.”
a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
From this reading “He is playing the guitar.”
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading “May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!”
someone who journeys in foreign lands
From this reading “O dear good Pilgrim!”
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading “He is playing the guitar.”
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading “May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!”
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading “Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.”
a message informing of danger
From this reading “A FRIEND'S WARNING.”
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.
a reception held in your own home
In this reading “Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A FRIEND'S WARNING.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.
dearly loved
From this reading O dear good Pilgrim!
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
possessive form of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading A FRIEND'S WARNING.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading O dear good Pilgrim!
a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
From this reading He is playing the guitar.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O dear good Pilgrim!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
someone who journeys in foreign lands
From this reading O dear good Pilgrim!
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading He is playing the guitar.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading May heaven keep me in my senses, and let me not die of joy!
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He is playing the guitar.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Thank God, he is at home! there is a light in his room.
a message informing of danger
From this reading A FRIEND'S WARNING.
Chapter 17 of Edelweiss: A Story by Berthold Auerbach holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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.
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