Chapter 2 of Two Royal Foes is here in full — 309 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Two Royal Foes is here in full — 309 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early. "Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek. "Grandfather must go far into the forest. Would you like to go with him? You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
Chapter 2 of Two Royal Foes is here in full — 309 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading “THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.”
a container that is usually woven and has handles
From this reading “You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."”
either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading “"Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.”
a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman
From this reading “THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.”
a person who gathers
From this reading “You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading “"Grandfather must go far into the forest.”
affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
From this reading “"Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.”
a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland
From this reading “THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.”
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In this reading “THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.”
In this reading “"Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.”
In this reading “"Grandfather must go far into the forest.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
a container that is usually woven and has handles
From this reading You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.
either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading "Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.
a young person of either sex
From this reading "Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.
dearly loved
From this reading "Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading "Grandfather must go far into the forest.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading "Grandfather must go far into the forest.
a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman
From this reading THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.
a person who gathers
From this reading You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Grandfather must go far into the forest.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.
the father of your father or mother
From this reading "Grandfather must go far into the forest.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Would you like to go with him?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Grandfather must go far into the forest.
affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
From this reading "Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Would you like to go with him?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Grandfather must go far into the forest.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.
a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland
From this reading THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading "Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Good-morning, dear child," she said, kissing her round little cheek.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Would you like to go with him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ANGEL OF PRUSSIA Next morning Frau Weyland called Bettina early.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Would you like to go with him?
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading You may have a little basket like a wood gatherer and bring mother back some faggots."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would you like to go with him?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Would you like to go with him?
Chapter 2 of Two Royal Foes by Eva Annie Madden holds 309 sentences, grouped into 62 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 2 holds 309 sentences of Two Royal Foes, unabridged, divided into 62 reading sections.
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