Chapter 16 of It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone. “Listen. I’ve heard from Mummer. She ’phoned. My Cruel Stepmother, you know, only she isn’t any more.
Chapter 16 of It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading “My Cruel Stepmother, you know, only she isn’t any more.”
a social unit living together
From this reading “THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.”
hear with intention
From this reading ““Listen.”
an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
From this reading “I’ve heard from Mummer.”
past form of “phone” — get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
From this reading “She ’phoned.”
the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
From this reading “My Cruel Stepmother, you know, only she isn’t any more.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.”
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.
In this reading “THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.”
In this reading “THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading My Cruel Stepmother, you know, only she isn’t any more.
(poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading My Cruel Stepmother, you know, only she isn’t any more.
a social unit living together
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I’ve heard from Mummer.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I’ve heard from Mummer.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve heard from Mummer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My Cruel Stepmother, you know, only she isn’t any more.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading My Cruel Stepmother, you know, only she isn’t any more.
hear with intention
From this reading “Listen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading My Cruel Stepmother, you know, only she isn’t any more.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
From this reading I’ve heard from Mummer.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My Cruel Stepmother, you know, only she isn’t any more.
and nothing more
From this reading My Cruel Stepmother, you know, only she isn’t any more.
above and across; more than
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
past form of “phone” — get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
From this reading She ’phoned.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She ’phoned.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
From this reading My Cruel Stepmother, you know, only she isn’t any more.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
express in words
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE HAPPY FAMILY “I have so much to tell you,” said the Beauteous Maiden’s happy voice over the telephone.
Chapter 16 of It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know by Elizabeth Rhodes Jackson holds 104 sentences, grouped into 21 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 16 holds 104 sentences of It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know by Elizabeth Rhodes Jackson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 104 sentences, grouped into 21 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.
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