Chapter 13 of Pelle the Conqueror — Complete is here in full — 647 sentences across 130 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of Pelle the Conqueror — Complete is here in full — 647 sentences across 130 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Now Karna came in with some food. She looked at the boy with much affection. “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat. Pelle fell to with a good appetite. Lasse hung half out of the alcove, delighted.
Chapter 13 of Pelle the Conqueror — Complete is here in full — 647 sentences across 130 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.
a positive feeling of liking
From this reading “She looked at the boy with much affection.”
a small recess opening off a larger room
From this reading “Lasse hung half out of the alcove, delighted.”
a feeling of craving something
From this reading “Pelle fell to with a good appetite.”
greatly pleased
From this reading “Lasse hung half out of the alcove, delighted.”
look down on with disdain
From this reading ““Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.”
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading “Now Karna came in with some food.”
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading ““Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.”
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading ““Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.”
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 “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
a positive feeling of liking
From this reading She looked at the boy with much affection.
a small recess opening off a larger room
From this reading Lasse hung half out of the alcove, delighted.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
a feeling of craving something
From this reading Pelle fell to with a good appetite.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She looked at the boy with much affection.
a youthful male person
From this reading She looked at the boy with much affection.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Now Karna came in with some food.
greatly pleased
From this reading Lasse hung half out of the alcove, delighted.
look down on with disdain
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Pelle fell to with a good appetite.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading Now Karna came in with some food.
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Pelle fell to with a good appetite.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Lasse hung half out of the alcove, delighted.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading Lasse hung half out of the alcove, delighted.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now Karna came in with some food.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now Karna came in with some food.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lasse hung half out of the alcove, delighted.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked at the boy with much affection.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading She looked at the boy with much affection.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now Karna came in with some food.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lasse hung half out of the alcove, delighted.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Lasse hung half out of the alcove, delighted.
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pelle fell to with a good appetite.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked at the boy with much affection.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Now Karna came in with some food.
a male human offspring
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She looked at the boy with much affection.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Now, fall to, and don’t despise our poor table, my son,” she said, and gave his arm a friendly pat.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Now Karna came in with some food.
Chapter 13 of Pelle the Conqueror — Complete by Martin Andersen Nexø holds 647 sentences, grouped into 130 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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