Chapter 10 of A Reckless Character, and Other Stories is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of A Reckless Character, and Other Stories is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Friends! Comrades! Ye lovers of verses! Admirers of all that is graceful and fair! Be not cast down by a moment of dark sadness!
Chapter 10 of A Reckless Character, and Other Stories is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “admirer” — a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
From this reading “Admirers of all that is graceful and fair!”
put or send forth
From this reading “Be not cast down by a moment of dark sadness!”
plural of “comrade” — a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading “Comrades!”
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading “Admirers of all that is graceful and fair!”
characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
From this reading “Admirers of all that is graceful and fair!”
plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading “Ye lovers of verses!”
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
From this reading “Be not cast down by a moment of dark sadness!”
plural of “verse” — literature in metrical form
From this reading “Ye lovers of verses!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Be not cast down by a moment of dark sadness!
plural of “admirer” — a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
From this reading Admirers of all that is graceful and fair!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Admirers of all that is graceful and fair!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Admirers of all that is graceful and fair!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be not cast down by a moment of dark sadness!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Be not cast down by a moment of dark sadness!
put or send forth
From this reading Be not cast down by a moment of dark sadness!
plural of “comrade” — a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading Comrades!
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Be not cast down by a moment of dark sadness!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Be not cast down by a moment of dark sadness!
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading Admirers of all that is graceful and fair!
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "Friends!
characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
From this reading Admirers of all that is graceful and fair!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Admirers of all that is graceful and fair!
plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading Ye lovers of verses!
a particular point in time
From this reading Be not cast down by a moment of dark sadness!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Be not cast down by a moment of dark sadness!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ye lovers of verses!
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
From this reading Be not cast down by a moment of dark sadness!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Admirers of all that is graceful and fair!
plural of “verse” — literature in metrical form
From this reading Ye lovers of verses!
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Ye lovers of verses!
Chapter 10 of A Reckless Character, and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 10 holds 401 sentences of A Reckless Character, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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