Chapter 14 of The Story of Gösta Berling is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Story of Gösta Berling is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MAMSELLE MARIE There is a buzzing over my head. It must be a bumblebee. And such a perfume! As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies. It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
Chapter 14 of The Story of Gösta Berling is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
From this reading “It must be a bumblebee.”
noisy like the sound of a bee
From this reading “MAMSELLE MARIE There is a buzzing over my head.”
a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
From this reading “As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.”
a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
From this reading “As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.”
of a pale purple color
From this reading “As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.”
plural of “lilac” — any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
From this reading “As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.”
plural of “lily” — any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading “As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.”
aromatic Eurasian perennial
From this reading “As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.”
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In this reading “It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.”
the middle or central part or point
In this reading “It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.”
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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 MAMSELLE MARIE There is a buzzing over my head.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And such a perfume!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It must be a bumblebee.
robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
From this reading It must be a bumblebee.
noisy like the sound of a bee
From this reading MAMSELLE MARIE There is a buzzing over my head.
a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
From this reading As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
From this reading As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading MAMSELLE MARIE There is a buzzing over my head.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MAMSELLE MARIE There is a buzzing over my head.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It must be a bumblebee.
of a pale purple color
From this reading As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.
plural of “lilac” — any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
From this reading As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.
plural of “lily” — any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.
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From this reading MAMSELLE MARIE There is a buzzing over my head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAMSELLE MARIE There is a buzzing over my head.
aromatic Eurasian perennial
From this reading As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.
the location of something surrounded by other things
From this reading It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must be a bumblebee.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MAMSELLE MARIE There is a buzzing over my head.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
above and across; more than
From this reading MAMSELLE MARIE There is a buzzing over my head.
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading And such a perfume!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And such a perfume!
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
in or at that place or location
From this reading MAMSELLE MARIE There is a buzzing over my head.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading It is glorious to feel it on a gray autumn evening in the midst of the town.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading As true as I live, it is sweet marjoram and lavender and hawthorn and lilacs and Easter lilies.
Chapter 14 of The Story of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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 14 holds 189 sentences of The Story of Gösta Berling, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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