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The Breitmann Ballads

Chapter V

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Context Illustration Reading 1/71 · 5 lines
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Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.
He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.
BALADE.
Dictes moy - in what shpirit land Ish Clara Lafontaine?
Or Pomare, or La Frisette, Who blazed on soosh a train?
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The Breitmann Ballads

Chapter V

Reading 1/71 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.
Line 2
He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.
Line 3
BALADE.
Line 4
Dictes moy - in what shpirit land Ish Clara Lafontaine?
Line 5
Or Pomare, or La Frisette, Who blazed on soosh a train?

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Hear noun US /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.”

All words in this reading · 58

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Or Pomare, or La Frisette, Who blazed on soosh a train?

all

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

arount

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

BALADE

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From this reading BALADE.

blazed

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From this reading Or Pomare, or La Frisette, Who blazed on soosh a train?

boet

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

chime

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

Clara

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From this reading Dictes moy - in what shpirit land Ish Clara Lafontaine?

Crate

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

cratest

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

de

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

Der

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

Dictes

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From this reading Dictes moy - in what shpirit land Ish Clara Lafontaine?

efer

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

ender

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

Francoys

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

Frisette

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From this reading Or Pomare, or La Frisette, Who blazed on soosh a train?

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

hearnounUS /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

heart

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

Ish

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From this reading Dictes moy - in what shpirit land Ish Clara Lafontaine?

known

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

La

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From this reading Or Pomare, or La Frisette, Who blazed on soosh a train?

Lafontaine

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From this reading Dictes moy - in what shpirit land Ish Clara Lafontaine?

land

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From this reading Dictes moy - in what shpirit land Ish Clara Lafontaine?

Le

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

lecdures

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

like

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

mein

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

mofe

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

moy

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From this reading Dictes moy - in what shpirit land Ish Clara Lafontaine?

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Or Pomare, or La Frisette, Who blazed on soosh a train?

OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Or Pomare, or La Frisette, Who blazed on soosh a train?

pest

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

Pomare

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From this reading Or Pomare, or La Frisette, Who blazed on soosh a train?

raise

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

rhyme

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

shoost

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

shpirid

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

shpirit

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From this reading Dictes moy - in what shpirit land Ish Clara Lafontaine?

Sieur

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

soosh

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From this reading Or Pomare, or La Frisette, Who blazed on soosh a train?

Sorbonne

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

soul

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

teufel

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

too

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

train

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From this reading Or Pomare, or La Frisette, Who blazed on soosh a train?

Und

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From this reading He raise de teufel all arount, He hear de Sorbonne chime; Crate shpirid ender in mein heart, Und mofe mein soul to rhyme.

vas

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

Vent

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

Villon

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From this reading Der cratest boet efer vas, Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me, Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Dictes moy - in what shpirit land Ish Clara Lafontaine?

WhopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Or Pomare, or La Frisette, Who blazed on soosh a train?