context clues

context clues

1. Everyone was quite sure she would become very beautiful. Though her stepmother was a wicked woman, she too was very beautiful, and the magic mirror told her this every day, whenever she asked it.

wicked ( ADJ ) = ชั่วร้าย

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2. She thought she could feel terrible eyes spying on her, and she heard strange sounds and rustlings that made her heart thump. At last, overcome by tiredness, she fell asleep curled under a tree.

terrible ( ADJ ) = น่ากลัว
strange ( ADJ ) = แปลกหน้า,ต่างถิ่น

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3. Then, taking the quickest way into the forest, she crossed the swamp at the edge of the trees.

edge ( N ) = ขอบหน้าผา

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4. Now chuckling evilly, the wicked stepmother hurried off. But as she ran back across the swamp, she tripped and fell into the quicksand. No one heard her cries for help, and she disappeared without a trace.

quicksand ( N ) = ทรายดูด

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5. They wept and wept for a long time. Then they laid her on a bed of rose petals, carried her into the forest and put her in a crystal coffin.

petal ( N ) = กลีบดอกไม้