Chapter 4 of Viking Tales is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Viking Tales is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death. And next to that is a hill of rock that seems to have come out of some great fire. Yesterday I saw a cave on the seashore. The door of it was big enough for a giant. The waves broke at the doorstep.
Chapter 4 of Viking Tales is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
From this reading “Yesterday I saw a cave on the seashore.”
the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
From this reading “The waves broke at the doorstep.”
stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading “Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.”
any creature of exceptional size
From this reading “The door of it was big enough for a giant.”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.”
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading “Yesterday I saw a cave on the seashore.”
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “The waves broke at the doorstep.”
the day immediately before today
From this reading “Yesterday I saw a cave on the seashore.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And next to that is a hill of rock that seems to have come out of some great fire.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The waves broke at the doorstep.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The door of it was big enough for a giant.
lacking funds
From this reading The waves broke at the doorstep.
a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
From this reading Yesterday I saw a cave on the seashore.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And next to that is a hill of rock that seems to have come out of some great fire.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The door of it was big enough for a giant.
the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
From this reading The waves broke at the doorstep.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading The door of it was big enough for a giant.
start firing a weapon
From this reading And next to that is a hill of rock that seems to have come out of some great fire.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The door of it was big enough for a giant.
stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
any creature of exceptional size
From this reading The door of it was big enough for a giant.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading And next to that is a hill of rock that seems to have come out of some great fire.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And next to that is a hill of rock that seems to have come out of some great fire.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading And next to that is a hill of rock that seems to have come out of some great fire.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yesterday I saw a cave on the seashore.
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
the force of workers available
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yesterday I saw a cave on the seashore.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading And next to that is a hill of rock that seems to have come out of some great fire.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading And next to that is a hill of rock that seems to have come out of some great fire.
cut with a saw
From this reading Yesterday I saw a cave on the seashore.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading Yesterday I saw a cave on the seashore.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading And next to that is a hill of rock that seems to have come out of some great fire.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading And next to that is a hill of rock that seems to have come out of some great fire.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And next to that is a hill of rock that seems to have come out of some great fire.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yesterday I saw a cave on the seashore.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The door of it was big enough for a giant.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading The waves broke at the doorstep.
in or at the place that
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Next it is a mountain of ice where men would freeze to death.
the day immediately before today
From this reading Yesterday I saw a cave on the seashore.
Chapter 4 of Viking Tales by Jennie Hall holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 4 holds 434 sentences of Viking Tales, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Viking Tales by Jennie Hall exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
Work through the 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Viking Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
