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Chapter 2 of A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I is here in full — 488 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Why didn't your husband let us into the cottage?' 'He's afraid.' 'Afraid! the fat old tub! Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.' The miller's wife rose and vanished into the darkness.
Chapter 2 of A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I is here in full — 488 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small house with a single story
From this reading “'Why didn't your husband let us into the cottage?'”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “The miller's wife rose and vanished into the darkness.”
a special loved one
From this reading “Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'”
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading “'Afraid! the fat old tub!”
possessive form of “miller” — United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading “The miller's wife rose and vanished into the darkness.”
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
From this reading “Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'”
a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
From this reading “'Afraid! the fat old tub!”
having passed out of existence
From this reading “The miller's wife rose and vanished into the darkness.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading 'He's afraid.'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The miller's wife rose and vanished into the darkness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'
a small house with a single story
From this reading 'Why didn't your husband let us into the cottage?'
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The miller's wife rose and vanished into the darkness.
a special loved one
From this reading Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Why didn't your husband let us into the cottage?'
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading 'Afraid! the fat old tub!
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'He's afraid.'
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading 'Why didn't your husband let us into the cottage?'
moving to the inside of something
From this reading 'Why didn't your husband let us into the cottage?'
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading 'Why didn't your husband let us into the cottage?'
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'
possessive form of “miller” — United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading The miller's wife rose and vanished into the darkness.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading 'Afraid! the fat old tub!
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading The miller's wife rose and vanished into the darkness.
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
From this reading Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Why didn't your husband let us into the cottage?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arina Timofyevna, my darling, bring me a little glass of spirits.'
a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
From this reading 'Afraid! the fat old tub!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Why didn't your husband let us into the cottage?'
having passed out of existence
From this reading The miller's wife rose and vanished into the darkness.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading 'Why didn't your husband let us into the cottage?'
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading The miller's wife rose and vanished into the darkness.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Why didn't your husband let us into the cottage?'
Chapter 2 of A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev holds 488 sentences, grouped into 98 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 2 holds 488 sentences of A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I, unabridged, divided into 98 reading sections.
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