Chapter 37 of The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 3 (of 5) is here in full — 727 sentences across 146 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 37 of The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 3 (of 5) is here in full — 727 sentences across 146 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
338 a, 507, II, 505 b. A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u. H. Märchen, No 15, p. 79. In Guillaume de Palerne, ed.
Chapter 37 of The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 3 (of 5) is here in full — 727 sentences across 146 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.”
European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
From this reading “A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.”
past form of “plunge” — thrust or throw into
From this reading “A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.”
plural of “resume” — short descriptive summary (of events)
From this reading “A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.”
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading “A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.”
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading “A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.”
given a completely different form or appearance
From this reading “A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.”
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by a factor of three
In this reading “A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.”
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From this reading H. Märchen, No 15, p.
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From this reading 338 a, 507, II, 505 b.
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From this reading 338 a, 507, II, 505 b.
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From this reading 338 a, 507, II, 505 b.
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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 338 a, 507, II, 505 b.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading 338 a, 507, II, 505 b.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading In Guillaume de Palerne, ed.
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
From this reading In Guillaume de Palerne, ed.
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From this reading In Guillaume de Palerne, ed.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading H. Märchen, No 15, p.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading 338 a, 507, II, 505 b.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In Guillaume de Palerne, ed.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
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From this reading H. Märchen, No 15, p.
European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
not any; not one
From this reading H. Märchen, No 15, p.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
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From this reading In Guillaume de Palerne, ed.
past form of “plunge” — thrust or throw into
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
plural of “resume” — short descriptive summary (of events)
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
given a completely different form or appearance
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
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From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading A king transformed into a nightingale being plunged three times into water resumes his shape: Vernaleken, K.-u.
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