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10. Flax n _____ j. a thick oily substance, usually containing medicine, which is
put on the skin where it is sore or where there is an injury, in
order to cure it
11. Weave v _____ k. a wild plant with heart-shaped leaves that are covered in
hairs which sting
12. Baffle v _____ l. dark and often also dirty
13. Potion n m. to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or
explain something
14. Dreary adj n. a plant with blue flowers grown for its stems or seeds, or the
thread made from this plant
15. Dingy adj _____ o. to hit or beat repeatedly with a lot of force, or to crush
something by hitting it repeatedly

B. Now listen to and read along an audiobook of a fairy tale called “The Wild Swans” by Hans
Christian Andersen. While listening, put the events below in chronological order by numbering
them from 1 to 10.

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____ a. Eliza met the fairy in the forest.
____ b. The king of the faraway land found Eliza and took her to his castle.

____ c. Eliza was accused of witchcraft and was to be banished again.

____ d. Eliza banished and princes turned into swans.

____ e. Eliza finished the last coat and turned the swans back into princes.
____ f. Eliza started to work on the nettle coats.

____ g. The king proposed marriage and Eliza accepted.

____ h. Eliza returned, was turned green, and was banished again.

____ i. Eliza met her brothers by the sea and was carried away by them to a faraway land.

____ j. Eliza ran out of nettles and went to a church by night to find more.

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