Chapter 11 of A Desperate Character and Other Stories is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of A Desperate Character and Other Stories is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘I won’t, my love, I won’t. Forgive an old man like me. I’ll never do it in future. Come, you’ve forgiven me, eh?’ ‘God be with you, Ivan Afanasiitch.’
Chapter 11 of A Desperate Character and Other Stories is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come, you’ve forgiven me, eh?’”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “Forgive an old man like me.”
inflected form of “forgive” — stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “Come, you’ve forgiven me, eh?’”
yet to be or coming
From this reading “I’ll never do it in future.”
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “‘God be with you, Ivan Afanasiitch.’”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “‘I won’t, my love, I won’t.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “I’ll never do it in future.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “Forgive an old man like me.”
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From this reading ‘God be with you, Ivan Afanasiitch.’
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Forgive an old man like me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘God be with you, Ivan Afanasiitch.’
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come, you’ve forgiven me, eh?’
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I’ll never do it in future.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come, you’ve forgiven me, eh?’
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading Forgive an old man like me.
inflected form of “forgive” — stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading Come, you’ve forgiven me, eh?’
yet to be or coming
From this reading I’ll never do it in future.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading ‘God be with you, Ivan Afanasiitch.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I won’t, my love, I won’t.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ll never do it in future.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I’ll never do it in future.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I’ll never do it in future.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘God be with you, Ivan Afanasiitch.’
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Forgive an old man like me.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading ‘I won’t, my love, I won’t.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Forgive an old man like me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Forgive an old man like me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘I won’t, my love, I won’t.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I’ll never do it in future.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Forgive an old man like me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘God be with you, Ivan Afanasiitch.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I won’t, my love, I won’t.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘God be with you, Ivan Afanasiitch.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come, you’ve forgiven me, eh?’
Chapter 11 of A Desperate Character and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 11 holds 430 sentences of A Desperate Character and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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