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Read “Household Tales” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm 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 “Household Tales” begins
Three women were changed into flowers which grew in the field, but one of them was allowed to be in her own home at night.
Then once when day was drawing near, and she was forced to go back to her companions in the field and become a flower again, she said to her husband, “If thou wilt come this afternoon and gather me, I shall be set free and henceforth stay with thee.” And he did so.
Now the question is, how did her husband know her, for the flowers were exactly alike, and without any difference?
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 30 words you will meet most often in “Household Tales” at level B1 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- tailor
- castle
- master
- lay
- peasant
- golden
- servant
- youth
- bride
- giant
- forth
- wolf
- weep
- hare
- heaven
- fetch
- princess
- fox
- thus
- seat
- remain
- force
- seek
- hang
- kingdom
- beg
- likewise
- strike
- faithful
- spring
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 “Household Tales”
How much of each kind of grammar “Household Tales” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Modal verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Conditionals
- Relative clauses
- Reported speech
- Perfect tenses
- Passive voice
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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What you get while you read
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About the book
Why Household Tales is a great book to read in English
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