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Chapter 1 of The Complete Poetical Works of Henry is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks XVII. King Svend of the Forked Beard XVIII. King Olaf and Earl Sigvald XIX. King Olaf’s War-Horns XX. Einar Tamberskelver XXI.
Chapter 1 of The Complete Poetical Works of Henry is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels
From this reading “Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks XVII.”
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading “King Svend of the Forked Beard XVIII.”
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading “King Olaf and Earl Sigvald XIX.”
resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
From this reading “King Svend of the Forked Beard XVIII.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “King Svend of the Forked Beard XVIII.”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks XVII.”
plural of “stalk” — material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
From this reading “Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks XVII.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks XVII.
any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels
From this reading Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks XVII.
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading King Svend of the Forked Beard XVIII.
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading King Olaf and Earl Sigvald XIX.
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From this reading Einar Tamberskelver XXI.
resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
From this reading King Svend of the Forked Beard XVIII.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading King Svend of the Forked Beard XVIII.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading King Svend of the Forked Beard XVIII.
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From this reading King Olaf and Earl Sigvald XIX.
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From this reading King Olaf’s War-Horns XX.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks XVII.
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From this reading King Olaf and Earl Sigvald XIX.
plural of “stalk” — material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
From this reading Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks XVII.
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From this reading King Svend of the Forked Beard XVIII.
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From this reading Einar Tamberskelver XXI.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks XVII.
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From this reading Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks XVII.
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From this reading King Olaf’s War-Horns XX.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one
From this reading King Olaf and Earl Sigvald XIX.
the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one
From this reading Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks XVII.
the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one
From this reading King Svend of the Forked Beard XVIII.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading King Olaf’s War-Horns XX.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
From this reading Einar Tamberskelver XXI.
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