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Read “Indian Fairy Tales” by Joseph Jacobs 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 “Indian Fairy Tales” begins
A poor blind Brahman and his wife were dependent on their son for their subsistence.
Every day the young fellow used to go out and get what he could by begging.
This continued for some time, till at last he became quite tired of such a wretched life, and determined to go and try his luck in another country.
He informed his wife of his intention, and ordered her to manage somehow or other for the old people during the few months that he would be absent.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 30 words you will meet most often in “Indian Fairy Tales” at level B1 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- prince
- princess
- folktale
- tale
- thus
- demon
- servant
- jungle
- collection
- incident
- merchant
- parallel
- parrot
- beg
- hunt
- temple
- occur
- derive
- crane
- shoot
- remark
- rat
- bid
- kingdom
- version
- lad
- master
- glad
- pigeon
- corpse
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Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “Indian Fairy Tales”
How much of each kind of grammar “Indian Fairy Tales” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Modal verbs
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Phrasal verbs
- Conditionals
- Relative clauses
- Reported speech
- Perfect tenses
- Passive voice
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What you get while you read
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About the book
Why Indian Fairy Tales is a great book to read in English
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