Chapter 10 of Stories by English Authors — Germany is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Stories by English Authors — Germany is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, indeed! and live here all her days. She couldn’t do better. Happy Franziska!” We went indoors. It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
Chapter 10 of Stories by English Authors — Germany is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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being the right size and shape to fit as desired
From this reading “It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.”
plural of “horn” — a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
From this reading “It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.”
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading “It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading “It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.”
within a building
From this reading “We went indoors.”
of less size or importance
From this reading “It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.”
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.”
spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
From this reading “It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.”
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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 It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
(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 “Oh, indeed! and live here all her days.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Oh, indeed! and live here all her days.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading She couldn’t do better.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She couldn’t do better.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “Oh, indeed! and live here all her days.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading She couldn’t do better.
being the right size and shape to fit as desired
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Happy Franziska!”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Happy Franziska!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, indeed! and live here all her days.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Oh, indeed! and live here all her days.
plural of “horn” — a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading “Oh, indeed! and live here all her days.
within a building
From this reading We went indoors.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
of less size or importance
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Oh, indeed! and live here all her days.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, indeed! and live here all her days.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She couldn’t do better.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We went indoors.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We went indoors.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was a low, large, rambling place, with one immense room all hung round with roe-deers’ horns, and with one lesser room fitted up with a billiard-table.
Chapter 10 of Stories by English Authors — Germany by Beatrice [Contributor] Harraden holds 173 sentences, grouped into 35 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 10 holds 173 sentences of Stories by English Authors — Germany, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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