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Chapter 5 of Young Folks' History of England is here in full — 34 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE NORMAN CONQUEST. A.D. 1035--1066. Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon. So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
Chapter 5 of Young Folks' History of England is here in full — 34 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of conquering
From this reading “THE NORMAN CONQUEST.”
a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
From this reading “Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.”
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading “So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.”
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading “So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.”
a titled peer of the realm
From this reading “So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.”
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading “THE NORMAN CONQUEST.”
a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie
From this reading “So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.”
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading “Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.”
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From this reading 1035--1066.
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From this reading 1035--1066.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A.D.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
the act of conquering
From this reading THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading A.D.
a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016)
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
a titled peer of the realm
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
and nothing more
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
in the near future
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
precisely as stated
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
which person or people
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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