Chapter 13 of Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes. “Look there, father! Just look!” Nothing escaped him. It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.
Chapter 13 of Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a feeling of craving something
From this reading “Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.”
being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
From this reading “It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.”
past form of “devour” — destroy completely
From this reading “Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.”
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading “Nothing escaped him.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.”
abstaining from food
From this reading “Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.”
reflecting optimism
From this reading “It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
a feeling of craving something
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.
being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
From this reading It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.
past form of “devour” — destroy completely
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading Nothing escaped him.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
abstaining from food
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Look there, father!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nothing escaped him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.
and nothing more
From this reading Just look!”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Look there, father!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing escaped him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.
reflecting optimism
From this reading It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Look there, father!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It made the others cheerful to look at him—he was so rosy and pretty.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
a late time of life
From this reading Pelle had the appetite of years of fasting for the great world, and devoured everything with his eyes.
Chapter 13 of Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 by Martin Andersen Nexø holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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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