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Read “Short Fiction” by Beatrix Potter 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 “Short Fiction” begins
This is a fierce bad Rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
This is a nice gentle Rabbit.
His mother has given him a carrot.
The bad Rabbit would like some carrot.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 30 words you will meet most often in “Short Fiction” at level B1 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- kitten
- pie
- tailor
- tail
- rat
- paw
- basket
- stare
- ginger
- pan
- cupboard
- cloth
- chimney
- waistcoat
- leaf
- inspect
- peer
- tale
- doorway
- nest
- fetch
- edge
- bush
- hang
- squeeze
- twist
- presently
- gentleman
- stick
- silk
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 “Short Fiction”
How much of each kind of grammar “Short Fiction” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Modal verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- Relative clauses
- Reported speech
- Conditionals
- Perfect tenses
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.
Library
What you get while you read
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Grammar in context
Notable structures light up in the text, with a short explanation tied to the sentence you're reading.
About the book
Why Short Fiction is a great book to read in English
Peter Rabbit in Mr McGregor's garden, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Squirrel Nutkin — Beatrix Potter's little tales are told in precise, gentle English with one mischief per story. Each takes minutes to read, which makes them perfect daily practice at the start of the journey.
On LangOrbit you read “Short Fiction” with a safety net: the translation is one tap away when a sentence runs long, every word opens its meaning in context and can be saved for spaced-repetition review, and the grammar behind the trickier lines is explained right where you meet it.
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