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Read “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame in English. Tap any word for its meaning, hear how it sounds, and save it to a memory-driven review schedule.
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DICTIONARY
TRANSLATION
apreciar, atesorar
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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The opening
How “The Wind in the Willows” begins
The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home.
First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms.
Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 30 words you will meet most often in “The Wind in the Willows” at level B2 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- rat
- fellow
- presently
- paw
- otter
- remark
- passage
- basket
- joy
- bear
- swing
- fond
- weary
- somehow
- bind
- dare
- stare
- observe
- stream
- hedge
- interval
- approach
- struggle
- somewhat
- pace
- gradually
- tunnel
- thrust
- inquire
- settle
The meanings here are the everyday ones. In the reader, tap a word to see the sense this sentence uses.
Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “The Wind in the Willows”
How much of each kind of grammar “The Wind in the Willows” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Phrasal verbs
- Relative clauses
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Perfect tenses
- Passive voice
- Modal verbs
- Reported speech
- Conditionals
Constructions to look for
- try to do “Now keep quite still, and, above all, don’t try to talk.
- Phrasal verb with 'up' and preposition What dust-clouds shall spring up behind me as I speed on my reckless way!
- Relative clauses with where No landing allowed,’ leads to his boathouse, where we’ll leave the boat.
Counted the way the Reader shows it: one card per construction in a sentence. Open the book in the Reader and tap a highlighted phrase to see the rule.
Library
What you get while you read
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Grammar in context
Notable structures light up in the text, with a short explanation tied to the sentence you're reading.
About the book
Why The Wind in the Willows is a great book to read in English
Mole abandons spring cleaning, meets Ratty the water rat, and discovers the river, the Wild Wood, and the catastrophically enthusiastic Mr Toad. Grahame's 1908 classic alternates cosy riverbank comedy with lyrical passages — gentle English with moments worth savouring.
On LangOrbit you read “The Wind in the Willows” with a safety net: the translation is one tap away when a sentence runs long, every word opens its meaning in context and can be saved for spaced-repetition review, and the grammar behind the trickier lines is explained right where you meet it.
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