Chapter 6 of From a Swedish Homestead is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of From a Swedish Homestead is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
When he saw this he again felt that terrible fear. In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices. They shouted and shrieked around him. They laughed. Derision was showered upon him.
Chapter 6 of From a Swedish Homestead is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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extreme mental distress
From this reading “In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.”
contemptuous laughter
From this reading “Derision was showered upon him.”
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading “In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “They shouted and shrieked around him.”
past form of “shower” — expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
From this reading “Derision was showered upon him.”
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading “They shouted and shrieked around him.”
a vivid mental image
From this reading “In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.”
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.”
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.
In this reading “In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.”
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anew
From this reading When he saw this he again felt that terrible fear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They shouted and shrieked around him.
extreme mental distress
From this reading In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading They shouted and shrieked around him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.
contemptuous laughter
From this reading Derision was showered upon him.
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading When he saw this he again felt that terrible fear.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading When he saw this he again felt that terrible fear.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he saw this he again felt that terrible fear.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They shouted and shrieked around him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading They laughed.
cut with a saw
From this reading When he saw this he again felt that terrible fear.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading They shouted and shrieked around him.
past form of “shower” — expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
From this reading Derision was showered upon him.
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading They shouted and shrieked around him.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading When he saw this he again felt that terrible fear.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When he saw this he again felt that terrible fear.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They shouted and shrieked around him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading When he saw this he again felt that terrible fear.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Derision was showered upon him.
a vivid mental image
From this reading In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading In this anguish the vision disappeared, but then he heard voices.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Derision was showered upon him.
at the time that
From this reading When he saw this he again felt that terrible fear.
Chapter 6 of From a Swedish Homestead by Selma Lagerlöf holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 6 holds 431 sentences of From a Swedish Homestead, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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