Chapter 1 of The Wanderings and Fortunes of Some German Emigrants is here in full — 20 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Wanderings and Fortunes of Some German Emigrants is here in full — 20 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS. BY FREDERICK GERSTÆCKER. TRANSLATED BY DAVID BLACK. LONDON: DAVID BOGUE, FLEET STREET. MDCCCXLVIII.
Chapter 1 of The Wanderings and Fortunes of Some German Emigrants is here in full — 20 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “TRANSLATED BY DAVID BLACK.”
plural of “emigrant” — someone who leaves one country to settle in another
From this reading “THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS.”
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
From this reading “LONDON: DAVID BOGUE, FLEET STREET.”
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS.”
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading “BY FREDERICK GERSTÆCKER.”
a person of German nationality
From this reading “THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS.”
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading “TRANSLATED BY DAVID BLACK.”
plural of “wandering” — travelling about without any clear destination
From this reading “THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS.”
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In this reading “TRANSLATED BY DAVID BLACK.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading TRANSLATED BY DAVID BLACK.
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From this reading LONDON: DAVID BOGUE, FLEET STREET.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY FREDERICK GERSTÆCKER.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading TRANSLATED BY DAVID BLACK.
plural of “emigrant” — someone who leaves one country to settle in another
From this reading THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS.
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
From this reading LONDON: DAVID BOGUE, FLEET STREET.
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS.
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading BY FREDERICK GERSTÆCKER.
a person of German nationality
From this reading THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS.
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From this reading BY FREDERICK GERSTÆCKER.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading LONDON: DAVID BOGUE, FLEET STREET.
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From this reading MDCCCXLVIII.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading LONDON: DAVID BOGUE, FLEET STREET.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS.
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading TRANSLATED BY DAVID BLACK.
plural of “wandering” — travelling about without any clear destination
From this reading THE WANDERINGS AND FORTUNES OF SOME GERMAN EMIGRANTS.
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