Chapter 17 of The Home in the Valley is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Home in the Valley is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RAGNAR. Autumn arrived. The valley was strewn with yellow leaves. The birds had ceased their songs. The grass had withered.
Chapter 17 of The Home in the Valley is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading “Autumn arrived.”
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “The birds had ceased their songs.”
past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “The birds had ceased their songs.”
shoot down, of birds
From this reading “The grass had withered.”
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading “The birds had ceased their songs.”
inflected form of “strew” — spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
From this reading “The valley was strewn with yellow leaves.”
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading “The valley was strewn with yellow leaves.”
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
From this reading “The grass had withered.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Autumn arrived.
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading Autumn arrived.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading The birds had ceased their songs.
past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading The birds had ceased their songs.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading The grass had withered.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The birds had ceased their songs.
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading The valley was strewn with yellow leaves.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RAGNAR.
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading The birds had ceased their songs.
inflected form of “strew” — spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
From this reading The valley was strewn with yellow leaves.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The valley was strewn with yellow leaves.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The birds had ceased their songs.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading The valley was strewn with yellow leaves.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The valley was strewn with yellow leaves.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The valley was strewn with yellow leaves.
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
From this reading The grass had withered.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading The valley was strewn with yellow leaves.
Chapter 17 of The Home in the Valley by Emilie Flygare-Carlén holds 101 sentences, grouped into 21 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 17 holds 101 sentences of The Home in the Valley, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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