Chapter 1 of Four and Twenty Fairy Tales is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Four and Twenty Fairy Tales is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Fairy Tales. FAIRY TALES. PERRAULT, AND OTHER POPULAR WRITERS. BY J. R. PLANCHÉ. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GODWIN, CORBOULD, AND HARVEY.
Chapter 1 of Four and Twenty Fairy Tales is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading “Fairy Tales.”
English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)
From this reading “WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GODWIN, CORBOULD, AND HARVEY.”
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GODWIN, CORBOULD, AND HARVEY.”
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading “PERRAULT, AND OTHER POPULAR WRITERS.”
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “Fairy Tales.”
plural of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “PERRAULT, AND OTHER POPULAR WRITERS.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
a story about fairies; told to amuse children
In this reading “Fairy Tales.”
In this reading “PERRAULT, AND OTHER POPULAR WRITERS.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PERRAULT, AND OTHER POPULAR WRITERS.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY J. R. PLANCHÉ.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GODWIN, CORBOULD, AND HARVEY.
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading Fairy Tales.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GODWIN, CORBOULD, AND HARVEY.
English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)
From this reading WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GODWIN, CORBOULD, AND HARVEY.
plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GODWIN, CORBOULD, AND HARVEY.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading BY J. R. PLANCHÉ.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading PERRAULT, AND OTHER POPULAR WRITERS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PERRAULT, AND OTHER POPULAR WRITERS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY J. R. PLANCHÉ.
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading PERRAULT, AND OTHER POPULAR WRITERS.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading BY J. R. PLANCHÉ.
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Fairy Tales.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GODWIN, CORBOULD, AND HARVEY.
plural of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading PERRAULT, AND OTHER POPULAR WRITERS.
Chapter 1 of Four and Twenty Fairy Tales by J. R. (James Robinson) [Translator] Planché holds 389 sentences, grouped into 78 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 389 sentences of Four and Twenty Fairy Tales, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Four and Twenty Fairy Tales by J. R. (James Robinson) [Translator] Planché exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 389 sentences, grouped into 78 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 78 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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