Chapter 4 of A Slav Soul, and Other Stories is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of A Slav Soul, and Other Stories is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out. "What have her tricks to do with me?" "Who can take her place, do you think? Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers. It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.
Chapter 4 of A Slav Soul, and Other Stories is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “"Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.”
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading “Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.”
plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading “Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.”
inspiring scornful pity
From this reading “It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “"Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out.”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.”
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “"What have her tricks to do with me?"”
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a woman who is old
In this reading “It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.”
In this reading “"Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Who can take her place, do you think?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What have her tricks to do with me?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out.
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading "Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "What have her tricks to do with me?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out.
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out.
engage in
From this reading It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "What have her tricks to do with me?"
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out.
inspiring scornful pity
From this reading It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
a person, without saying who
From this reading "Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out.
carry out
From this reading "Someone else must take her place," Kostromsky flashed out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Who can take her place, do you think?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "What have her tricks to do with me?"
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Bobrova is Gertrude, Markovitch and Smolenskaya have a holiday and they've gone off to the town with some officers.
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading "What have her tricks to do with me?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What have her tricks to do with me?"
which person or people
From this reading "Who can take her place, do you think?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "What have her tricks to do with me?"
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be ridiculous to make an old woman take the part of Ophelia.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Who can take her place, do you think?
Chapter 4 of A Slav Soul, and Other Stories by A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich) Kuprin holds 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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 4 holds 393 sentences of A Slav Soul, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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