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Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources
Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources

Chapter XIV

Chapter 14 of Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Albert Henry [Compiler] Wratislaw • Curated US English Learning Edition
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Some time after this came sharp cold and snow.
The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.
If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'
The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'
But all in vain.
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Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources

Chapter XIV

Chapter 14 of Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Some time after this came sharp cold and snow.
/sʌm taɪm ˈæftər ðɪs keɪm ʃɑːrp koʊld ənd snoʊ/
Line 2
The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.
Line 3
If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'
Line 4
The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'
Line 5
But all in vain.
/bʌt ɔːl ɪn veɪn/

Learner Dictionary

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continually adverb US /kənˈtɪnjuːəli/

seemingly without interruption

From this reading “The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
orphan noun US /ˈɔːrfən/

a child who has lost both parents

From this reading “The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
persecute verb US /ˈpɜːrsəkjuːt/

cause to suffer

From this reading “The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
procure verb US /proʊˈkjʊr/

get by special effort

From this reading “The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ripe adjective US /raɪp/

fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

From this reading “The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stepdaughter noun US /ˈstepdɔːtər/

a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage

From this reading “The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stepmother noun US /ˈstepmʌðər/

the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage

From this reading “The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
strawberries noun US /ˈstrɔːberiz/

plural of “strawberry” — sweet fleshy red fruit

From this reading “The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

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Some time adjective + noun

In this reading “Some time after this came sharp cold and snow.”

77,244 times in 426,211 chapters
go off verb + particle

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

In this reading “The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.”

29,118 times in 426,211 chapters
on the mountain preposition + article + noun counted as “on … mountain”

In this reading “If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'”

5,165 times in 426,211 chapters

All words in this reading · 64

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading Some time after this came sharp cold and snow.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 But all in vain.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Some time after this came sharp cold and snow.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
basketnounUS /ˈbæskət/

a container that is usually woven and has handles

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
bestnounUS /best/

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
betteradjectiveUS /ˈbetər/

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
bringverbUS /brɪŋ/

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But all in vain.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
cameverbUS /keɪm/

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Some time after this came sharp cold and snow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
coldadjectiveUS /koʊld/

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading Some time after this came sharp cold and snow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
continuallyadverbUS /kənˈtɪnjuːəli/

seemingly without interruption

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
don't

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'

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entreated

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'

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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
gatherverbUS /ˈɡæðər/

assemble or get together

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
goverbUS /ɡoʊ/

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
how

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From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

Pending verification
IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
Maritza

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'

Pending verification
mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
mountainnounUS /ˈmaʊntən/

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
newadjectiveUS /nuː/

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nowadverbUS /naʊ/

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
offadverbUS /ɔːf/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
orderedadjectiveUS /ˈɔːrdərd/

having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
orphannounUS /ˈɔːrfən/

a child who has lost both parents

From this reading The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
persecuteverbUS /ˈpɜːrsəkjuːt/

cause to suffer

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
piteouslyadverb

in a piteous manner

From this reading The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
pooradjectiveUS /puːr/

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
procureverbUS /proʊˈkjʊr/

get by special effort

From this reading The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ripeadjectiveUS /raɪp/

fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
sharpadjectiveUS /ʃɑːrp/

(of something seen or heard) clearly defined

From this reading Some time after this came sharp cold and snow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
snownounUS /snoʊ/

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading Some time after this came sharp cold and snow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
SomeadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Some time after this came sharp cold and snow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stayverbUS /steɪ/

stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stepdaughternounUS /ˈstepdɔːtər/

a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stepmothernounUS /ˈstepmʌðər/

the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
strawberriesnounUS /ˈstrɔːberiz/

plural of “strawberry” — sweet fleshy red fruit

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
TakeverbUS /teɪk/

carry out

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thinkingnounUS /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/

the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Some time after this came sharp cold and snow.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Some time after this came sharp cold and snow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
unfortunateadjectiveUS /ənˈfɔːrtʃənət/

not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
vainadjectiveUS /veɪn/

characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

From this reading But all in vain.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
weptverbUS /wept/

inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

From this reading The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wickedadjectiveUS /ˈwɪkəd/

morally bad in principle or practice

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
winternounUS /ˈwɪntər/

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading The orphan Maritza wept piteously, entreated her and said: 'How shall poor I procure ripe strawberries in sharp winter cold?'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
yearnounUS /jɪr/

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading The wicked stepmother was continually thinking how best to persecute her unfortunate stepdaughter, and now ordered her: 'Take a basket and go off to the mountain; there gather me ripe strawberries for the new year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading If you don't bring me them, it will be better for you to stay on the mountain.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Chapter 14 of Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources by Albert Henry [Compiler] Wratislaw holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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.

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