Chapter 3 of Legends of Norseland is here in full — 515 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Legends of Norseland is here in full — 515 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
For a moment, there was a hush. The very sun stood still. Not a sound was heard through Jotunheim. The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still. Then came Magne, a son of Thor.
Chapter 3 of Legends of Norseland is here in full — 515 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.”
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.”
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading “The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.”
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading “For a moment, there was a hush.”
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “Not a sound was heard through Jotunheim.”
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading “The very sun stood still.”
(Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar
From this reading “Then came Magne, a son of Thor.”
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading “The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.”
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.
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become less in amount or intensity
In this reading “The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.”
In this reading “The very sun stood still.”
temporarily
In this reading “For a moment, there was a hush.”
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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 For a moment, there was a hush.
(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 The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then came Magne, a son of Thor.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment, there was a hush.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Not a sound was heard through Jotunheim.
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading For a moment, there was a hush.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Not a sound was heard through Jotunheim.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then came Magne, a son of Thor.
a particular point in time
From this reading For a moment, there was a hush.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a sound was heard through Jotunheim.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.
a male human offspring
From this reading Then came Magne, a son of Thor.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading Not a sound was heard through Jotunheim.
not in physical motion
From this reading The very sun stood still.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The very sun stood still.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The very sun stood still.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The very sun stood still.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then came Magne, a son of Thor.
in or at that place or location
From this reading For a moment, there was a hush.
(Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar
From this reading Then came Magne, a son of Thor.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Not a sound was heard through Jotunheim.
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading The thunder of battle had died away; all the earth was still.
precisely as stated
From this reading The very sun stood still.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For a moment, there was a hush.
Chapter 3 of Legends of Norseland by Mara L. (Mara Louise) [Editor] Pratt-Chadwick holds 515 sentences, grouped into 103 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 3 holds 515 sentences of Legends of Norseland, unabridged, divided into 103 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Legends of Norseland by Mara L. (Mara Louise) [Editor] Pratt-Chadwick exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 515 sentences, grouped into 103 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 103 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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