Chapter 2 of Georgian Poetry 1916-1917 is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Georgian Poetry 1916-1917 is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VI Morning! Wake up! Awaken! All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green. The youngest birds are singing to the house.
Chapter 2 of Georgian Poetry 1916-1917 is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
cause to become awake or conscious
From this reading “Awaken!”
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “The youngest birds are singing to the house.”
plural of “bough” — any of the larger branches of a tree
From this reading “All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green.”
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading “All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green.”
a small wave on the surface of a liquid
From this reading “All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green.”
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading “The youngest birds are singing to the house.”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Wake up!”
superlative of “young” — (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “The youngest birds are singing to the house.”
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.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green.
(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 All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green.
cause to become awake or conscious
From this reading Awaken!
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading The youngest birds are singing to the house.
plural of “bough” — any of the larger branches of a tree
From this reading All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The youngest birds are singing to the house.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading VI Morning!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green.
a small wave on the surface of a liquid
From this reading All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading The youngest birds are singing to the house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All the boughs Are rippling on the air across the green.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The youngest birds are singing to the house.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Wake up!
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading VI Morning!
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Wake up!
superlative of “young” — (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The youngest birds are singing to the house.
Chapter 2 of Georgian Poetry 1916-1917 by Edward Howard, Sir [Editor] Marsh holds 450 sentences, grouped into 90 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 2 holds 450 sentences of Georgian Poetry 1916-1917, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Georgian Poetry 1916-1917 by Edward Howard, Sir [Editor] Marsh exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 450 sentences, grouped into 90 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.
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