Chapter 1 of The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts is here in full — 2590 sentences across 518 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts is here in full — 2590 sentences across 518 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well. ‘What!’ thought the Emperor, ‘I can see nothing! This is indeed horrible! Am I stupid? Am I not fit to be Emperor?
Chapter 1 of The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts is here in full — 2590 sentences across 518 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 89/518 · 5 reading units · Lines 441–445
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artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.”
the male ruler of an empire
From this reading “‘What!’ thought the Emperor, ‘I can see nothing!”
make void or empty of contents
From this reading “And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “Am I not fit to be Emperor?”
provoking horror
From this reading “This is indeed horrible!”
come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
From this reading “And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.”
having a point
From this reading “And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “Am I stupid?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Am I stupid?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Am I not fit to be Emperor?
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading ‘What!’ thought the Emperor, ‘I can see nothing!
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
the male ruler of an empire
From this reading ‘What!’ thought the Emperor, ‘I can see nothing!
make void or empty of contents
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading Am I not fit to be Emperor?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
provoking horror
From this reading This is indeed horrible!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘What!’ thought the Emperor, ‘I can see nothing!
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading This is indeed horrible!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is indeed horrible!
come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Am I not fit to be Emperor?
not one thing; not anything
From this reading ‘What!’ thought the Emperor, ‘I can see nothing!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
having a point
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading Am I stupid?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is indeed horrible!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ‘What!’ thought the Emperor, ‘I can see nothing!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed that the others could see the cloth quite well.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘What!’ thought the Emperor, ‘I can see nothing!
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Chapter 1 of The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts by World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) holds 2590 sentences, grouped into 518 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 1 holds 2590 sentences of The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts, unabridged, divided into 518 reading sections.
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