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The epic Nordic legend of the monster slayer - Iseult Gillespie

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Learning Stats

B2

GER-Niveau

674

Total Words

394

Unique Words

6/10

Schwierigkeit

Vocabulary Diversity 58%

Untertitel (78 segments)

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In 1731, a fire broke out in London’s Cotton Library.

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To protect some of the world’s most prized manuscripts—

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including one-of-a-kind illuminated Bibles,

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centuries-old Arthurian literature, and even a copy of the Magna Carta—

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librarians frantically flung texts out of the windows.

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But while they couldn’t save everything,

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they did manage to salvage the only known copy of a strange Scandinavian poem.

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An epic written in Old English,

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Key Vocabulary (17)

great A1 adjective

excellent

"Great idea!"

old A1 adjective

Used to describe people, animals, or things that have lived or existed for many years. It is the opposite of 'young' when talking about living things and 'new' when talking about objects.

"This is a very old building from the 1800s."

next A1 adjective

Refers to the person or thing that follows the one that is currently present or just mentioned. It is used to describe the sequence of events or positions in time and space.

"See you next week at the same time."

hall A1 noun

A hall is a large room in a building used for meetings, events, or eating together. It can also mean a long passage or corridor that connects different rooms.

"The hall is important."

copy A1 noun

A copy is a duplicate or an exact version of something else, such as a document, a file, or a picture. In technology, it often refers to a digital file that has been replicated from an original source.

"The copy is important."

mother A1 noun

female parent

"My mother cooks."

dragon
king
prince
waiting
beowulf
grendel’s
grendel
monster
fell
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