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Read “Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell in English. Tap any word for its meaning, hear how it sounds, and save it to a memory-driven review schedule.
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DICTIONARY
TRANSLATION
apreciar, atesorar
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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The opening
How “Black Beauty” begins
The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.
Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end.
Over the hedge on one side we looked into a plowed field, and on the other we looked over a gate at our master’s house, which stood by the roadside; at the top of the meadow was a grove of fir trees, and at the bottom a running brook overhung by a steep bank.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 30 words you will meet most often in “Black Beauty” at level B1 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- master
- ginger
- gentleman
- rein
- carriage
- whip
- mistress
- kind
- pace
- groom
- spirit
- fellow
- glad
- pleasant
- deal
- stall
- gentle
- fond
- governor
- tail
- creature
- rider
- lay
- sight
- sharp
- gently
- beauty
- ought
- stand
- harness
The meanings here are the everyday ones. In the reader, tap a word to see the sense this sentence uses.
Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “Black Beauty”
How much of each kind of grammar “Black Beauty” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Passive voice
- Modal verbs
- Relative clauses
- Perfect tenses
- Phrasal verbs
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Reported speech
- Conditionals
Constructions to look for
- I used to … He called me Old Crony, as I used to come to him in the field and follow him about.
- At/on/in (time) In the daytime I ran by her side, and at night I lay down close by her.
- Phrasal verb with on/off Recovering itself it was going on, when he began to lash it furiously.
Counted the way the Reader shows it: one card per construction in a sentence. Open the book in the Reader and tap a highlighted phrase to see the rule.
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Grammar in context
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About the book
Why Black Beauty is a great book to read in English
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