Chapter 16 of Stories to Tell to Children is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Stories to Tell to Children is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows. The clock struck ten. Backward went the crab. Eleven! Still the crab went backward.
Chapter 16 of Stories to Tell to Children is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
at or to or toward the back or rear
From this reading “Backward went the crab.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows.”
a timepiece that shows the time of day
From this reading “The clock struck ten.”
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
From this reading “Backward went the crab.”
being one more than ten
From this reading “Eleven!”
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading “One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows.”
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading “The clock struck ten.”
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading “One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows.”
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.
at or to or toward the back or rear
From this reading Backward went the crab.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows.
a timepiece that shows the time of day
From this reading The clock struck ten.
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
From this reading Backward went the crab.
being one more than ten
From this reading Eleven!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows.
not in physical motion
From this reading Still the crab went backward.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading The clock struck ten.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading The clock struck ten.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading One by one, the lights went out, in the castle windows.
Chapter 16 of Stories to Tell to Children by Sara Cone Bryant holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 178 sentences of Stories to Tell to Children, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Stories to Tell to Children by Sara Cone Bryant exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 36 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 16 can be played aloud in United States English.
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