Chapter 2 of The Golden Legend is here in full — 358 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Golden Legend is here in full — 358 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Gottlieb._ I am glad he is dead. It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide. _Max._ And I am going to have his hide! _Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood! _Ursula._ O, no!
Chapter 2 of The Golden Legend is here in full — 358 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
From this reading “_Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood!”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.”
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “_Max._ And I am going to have his hide!”
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
a message informing of danger
From this reading “It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.”
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading “It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.”
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “_Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood!”
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading _Gottlieb._ I am glad he is dead.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
From this reading _Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood!
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading _Gottlieb._ I am glad he is dead.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading _Gottlieb._ I am glad he is dead.
the act of departing
From this reading _Max._ And I am going to have his hide!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Gottlieb._ I am glad he is dead.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Max._ And I am going to have his hide!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Gottlieb._ I am glad he is dead.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading _Max._ And I am going to have his hide!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Max._ And I am going to have his hide!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Gottlieb._ I am glad he is dead.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading _Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Gottlieb._ I am glad he is dead.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading _Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood!
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading _Max._ And I am going to have his hide!
not any; not one
From this reading _Ursula._ O, no!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading _Ursula._ O, no!
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading _Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ursula._ O, no!
a message informing of danger
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading _Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood!
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading It will be a warning To the wolves in the forest, far and wide.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading _Bertha._ I wonder if this is the wolf that ate Little Red Ridinghood!
Chapter 2 of The Golden Legend by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow holds 358 sentences, grouped into 72 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 358 sentences of The Golden Legend, unabridged, divided into 72 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Golden Legend by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 358 sentences, grouped into 72 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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