Chapter 5 of Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT! NO CHILDREN? Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children. "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one. I feel ill-used.'
Chapter 5 of Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading “"And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.”
the specified day of the month
From this reading “Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading “Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.”
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.”
a borough of New York City
From this reading “"And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading “"And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading “"And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
in the past
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading NO CHILDREN?
the specified day of the month
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading I feel ill-used.'
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
(of persons) taken advantage of
From this reading I feel ill-used.'
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
not any; not one
From this reading NO CHILDREN?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
on one occasion
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
a borough of New York City
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading "And the king said to himself: 'All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT!
which person or people
From this reading Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
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