Chapter 11 of Best Russian Short Stories is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Best Russian Short Stories is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling: "Mrs. Zarubkin, I am entirely at your service." "Come into the reception room. I have something very important to speak to you about." Abramka followed in silence.
Chapter 11 of Best Russian Short Stories is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a grave and sober manner
From this reading “Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:”
of great significance or value
From this reading “I have something very important to speak to you about."”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:”
showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
From this reading “Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:”
the manner in which something is greeted
From this reading “"Come into the reception room.”
separated in relationship by a given degree of descent
From this reading “Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:”
a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
From this reading “Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:”
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading “Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I have something very important to speak to you about."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Mrs. Zarubkin, I am entirely at your service."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Mrs. Zarubkin, I am entirely at your service."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come into the reception room.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading "Mrs. Zarubkin, I am entirely at your service."
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Abramka followed in silence.
in a grave and sober manner
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have something very important to speak to you about."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Mrs. Zarubkin, I am entirely at your service."
of great significance or value
From this reading I have something very important to speak to you about."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Abramka followed in silence.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "Mrs. Zarubkin, I am entirely at your service."
showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
the manner in which something is greeted
From this reading "Come into the reception room.
separated in relationship by a given degree of descent
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "Come into the reception room.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading "Mrs. Zarubkin, I am entirely at your service."
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Abramka followed in silence.
a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I have something very important to speak to you about."
express in speech
From this reading I have something very important to speak to you about."
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have something very important to speak to you about."
precisely as stated
From this reading I have something very important to speak to you about."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Abramka removed his silk hat, stepped into the kitchen, and said gravely, with profound feeling:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have something very important to speak to you about."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Mrs. Zarubkin, I am entirely at your service."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mrs. Zarubkin, I am entirely at your service."
Chapter 11 of Best Russian Short Stories by Thomas [Editor] Seltzer holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 419 sentences of Best Russian Short Stories, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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