Цитаты из книги автора Lyman Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. B1

stern and solemn,

The little old woman and the three little men all smiled happily at Dorothy, but Dorothy did not understand anything. Dorothy listened to this speech with wonder. What could the little woman possibly mean by saying she had killed the Wicked Witch of the East? Dorothy was an innocent, harmless little girl, who had been carried by a cyclone many miles from home; and she had never killed anything in her life.

East, west – home's best”,

She has held all the Munchkins in bondage

the trap door

left the house

The girl had to work hard during the day, and often the Witch threatened to beat her with the same old umbrella she always carried in her hand.

horribly ['hɒrɪblɪ] – ужасно
badly ['bædlɪ] – сильно
drag [dræɡ] – тащить
accident ['æksɪd(ə)nt] – несчастный случай
eagerly ['i:ɡəlɪ] – жадно
queer [kwɪə] – странный
disappear [dɪsə'pɪə] – исчезать
East [i: st] – восток
West [west] – запад
wizard ['wɪzəd] – волшебник
perhaps [pə'hæps] – возможно
hurt [hɜ:t] – причинить боль, обидеть, ранить
leave [li: v] – оставить, бросить

corner ['kɔ:nə] – угол
dearly ['dɪəlɪ] – нежно
hill [hɪl] – холм
suddenly ['sʌd(ə)nlɪ] – внезапно
cyclone ['saɪkləʊn] – ураган, цунами, циклон
blow away [bləʊ ə'weɪ] – сдувать
cellar ['selə] – подвал
called [kɔ:ld] – по имени
ladder ['lædə] – лестница
happen ['hæp(ə)n] – случаться, происходить
move [mu: v] – двигаться
howl [haʊl] – выть

Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country