Chapter 3 of On the Heights: A Novel is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of On the Heights: A Novel is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying: "Take the child; I daren't feed it now. Oh, you poor, dear thing! They want to take me away from you. What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?
Chapter 3 of On the Heights: A Novel is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:”
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
From this reading “After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:”
provide as food
From this reading “"Take the child; I daren't feed it now.”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?”
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading “After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:”
compacted by ironing
From this reading “After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:”
with low volume
From this reading “After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:”
interact in a certain way
From this reading “What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?”
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In this reading “After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:”
In this reading “What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?”
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later than; following
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading They want to take me away from you.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
a young person of either sex
From this reading "Take the child; I daren't feed it now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Take the child; I daren't feed it now.
dearly loved
From this reading Oh, you poor, dear thing!
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?
at any time
From this reading What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?
provide as food
From this reading "Take the child; I daren't feed it now.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They want to take me away from you.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Take the child; I daren't feed it now.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They want to take me away from you.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Take the child; I daren't feed it now.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, you poor, dear thing!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Oh, you poor, dear thing!
compacted by ironing
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
with low volume
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
carry out
From this reading "Take the child; I daren't feed it now.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They want to take me away from you.
a special situation
From this reading Oh, you poor, dear thing!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
interact in a certain way
From this reading What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading After Walpurga had hurried out into the garden and had pressed the babe to her bosom, she quietly gave it to Stasi, saying:
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading They want to take me away from you.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What harm have you ever done that they should treat you so?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, you poor, dear thing!
Chapter 3 of On the Heights: A Novel by Berthold Auerbach holds 432 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.
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