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Chapter 1 of The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] is here in full — 83 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] is here in full — 83 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE VULTURE MAIDEN BY W. von HILLERN. IN ONE VOLUME. TAUCHNITZ EDITION. THE HOUR WILL COME .
Chapter 1 of The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] is here in full — 83 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “THE HOUR WILL COME .”
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “TAUCHNITZ EDITION.”
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading “THE HOUR WILL COME .”
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading “THE VULTURE MAIDEN BY W. von HILLERN.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “IN ONE VOLUME.”
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading “IN ONE VOLUME.”
any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
From this reading “THE VULTURE MAIDEN BY W. von HILLERN.”
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showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE VULTURE MAIDEN BY W. von HILLERN.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE HOUR WILL COME .
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading TAUCHNITZ EDITION.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE VULTURE MAIDEN BY W. von HILLERN.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading THE HOUR WILL COME .
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN ONE VOLUME.
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading THE VULTURE MAIDEN BY W. von HILLERN.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading IN ONE VOLUME.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TAUCHNITZ EDITION.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VULTURE MAIDEN BY W. von HILLERN.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading IN ONE VOLUME.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE VULTURE MAIDEN BY W. von HILLERN.
any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
From this reading THE VULTURE MAIDEN BY W. von HILLERN.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading THE VULTURE MAIDEN BY W. von HILLERN.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading THE HOUR WILL COME .
Chapter 1 of The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] by Wilhelmine von Hillern holds 83 sentences, grouped into 17 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 1 holds 83 sentences of The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.], unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] by Wilhelmine von Hillern exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 83 sentences, grouped into 17 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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