Chapter 9 of Mother's Nursery Tales is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Mother's Nursery Tales is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried. “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her. The Prince thought of no one but her.” “Ah, if I could only see her!” sighed Cinderella. “You the cinder-wench!” scoffed the sisters.
Chapter 9 of Mother's Nursery Tales is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading ““This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried.”
a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition
From this reading ““Ah, if I could only see her!” sighed Cinderella.”
having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light
From this reading ““And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.”
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading ““And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading ““And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.”
past form of “scoff” — laugh at with contempt and derision
From this reading ““You the cinder-wench!” scoffed the sisters.”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading ““Ah, if I could only see her!” sighed Cinderella.”
plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading ““You the cinder-wench!” scoffed the sisters.”
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.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading ““And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.”
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anew
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, if I could only see her!” sighed Cinderella.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading “This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Prince thought of no one but her.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You the cinder-wench!” scoffed the sisters.
a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition
From this reading “Ah, if I could only see her!” sighed Cinderella.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Ah, if I could only see her!” sighed Cinderella.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried.
having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
divisible by two
From this reading “This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried.
opinion or judgment
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Ah, if I could only see her!” sighed Cinderella.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Ah, if I could only see her!” sighed Cinderella.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried.
not any; not one
From this reading The Prince thought of no one but her.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Prince thought of no one but her.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The Prince thought of no one but her.”
and nothing more
From this reading “Ah, if I could only see her!” sighed Cinderella.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading “This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading The Prince thought of no one but her.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
past form of “scoff” — laugh at with contempt and derision
From this reading “You the cinder-wench!” scoffed the sisters.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Ah, if I could only see her!” sighed Cinderella.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “Ah, if I could only see her!” sighed Cinderella.
plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “You the cinder-wench!” scoffed the sisters.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The Prince thought of no one but her.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And the Princess was there again, and so lovely that it dazzled the eyes to look at her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This ball was even more beautiful than the other,” they cried.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You the cinder-wench!” scoffed the sisters.
Chapter 9 of Mother's Nursery Tales by Katharine Pyle holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 9 holds 438 sentences of Mother's Nursery Tales, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Mother's Nursery Tales by Katharine Pyle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 88 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 332 minutes of reading across 798 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Mother's Nursery Tales section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Mother's Nursery Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
