Chapter 2 of Poems and Tales from Romania is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Poems and Tales from Romania is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes. Flights, flights, Broken flights Now become refugees Under tear filled eyes.
Chapter 2 of Poems and Tales from Romania is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.”
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading “Flights, flights, Broken flights Now become refugees Under tear filled eyes.”
plural of “flight” — a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading “Flights, flights, Broken flights Now become refugees Under tear filled eyes.”
a safe place
From this reading “The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.”
plural of “refugee” — an exile who flees for safety
From this reading “Flights, flights, Broken flights Now become refugees Under tear filled eyes.”
separate or cause to separate abruptly
From this reading “Flights, flights, Broken flights Now become refugees Under tear filled eyes.”
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading “The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.”
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading “The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.”
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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 The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
the two together, not just one
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading Flights, flights, Broken flights Now become refugees Under tear filled eyes.
plural of “flight” — a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading Flights, flights, Broken flights Now become refugees Under tear filled eyes.
set up or found
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Flights, flights, Broken flights Now become refugees Under tear filled eyes.
a safe place
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
plural of “refugee” — an exile who flees for safety
From this reading Flights, flights, Broken flights Now become refugees Under tear filled eyes.
separate or cause to separate abruptly
From this reading Flights, flights, Broken flights Now become refugees Under tear filled eyes.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading The broken wings Have become tears As a home They have found refuge Under both eyes.
Chapter 2 of Poems and Tales from Romania by Simona Sumanaru holds 157 sentences, grouped into 32 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 157 sentences of Poems and Tales from Romania, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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