Chapter 5 of The Trumpeter of Säkkingen is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Trumpeter of Säkkingen is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs! I do believe you Hang your heads. To work now bravely! When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play. Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
Chapter 5 of The Trumpeter of Säkkingen is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
From this reading “Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs!”
very lively and profitable
From this reading “Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.”
in a courageous manner
From this reading “To work now bravely!”
possessive form of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.”
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “I do believe you Hang your heads.”
plural of “sir” — term of address for a man
From this reading “Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs!”
plural of “swede” — a native or inhabitant of Sweden
From this reading “When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.”
act as promised
In this reading “Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.”
In this reading “Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
From this reading Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I do believe you Hang your heads.
very lively and profitable
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
in a courageous manner
From this reading To work now bravely!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs!
possessive form of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do believe you Hang your heads.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs!
death of a person
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading I do believe you Hang your heads.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading I do believe you Hang your heads.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do believe you Hang your heads.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
engage in
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs!
and nothing more
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
participate in games or sport
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
plural of “sir” — term of address for a man
From this reading Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
plural of “swede” — a native or inhabitant of Sweden
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Now the Baron came among them: "My good sirs!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To work now bravely!
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
at the time that
From this reading When the Swedes the town beleagured, Then 'twas grave, but this is only Child's play.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Surely you have always Liked to hear and make good music; So the booming guns will please you.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading To work now bravely!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I do believe you Hang your heads.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I do believe you Hang your heads.
Chapter 5 of The Trumpeter of Säkkingen by Joseph Victor von Scheffel holds 327 sentences, grouped into 66 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 5 holds 327 sentences of The Trumpeter of Säkkingen, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
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