Chapter 2 of Birds of Heaven, and Other Stories is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Birds of Heaven, and Other Stories is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Fine.” “And your adored——” “Who?” “Those wanderers, people of God.... Please see what they’re doing in that hut! Go, look: it’s nothing; don’t be ashamed....”
Chapter 2 of Birds of Heaven, and Other Stories is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
From this reading ““And your adored——” “Who?””
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading “Go, look: it’s nothing; don’t be ashamed....””
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “Please see what they’re doing in that hut!”
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading ““Fine.””
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 ““Those wanderers, people of God....”
temporary military shelter
From this reading “Please see what they’re doing in that hut!”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Please see what they’re doing in that hut!”
plural of “wanderer” — someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
From this reading ““Those wanderers, people of God....”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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.
regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
From this reading “And your adored——” “Who?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And your adored——” “Who?”
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading Go, look: it’s nothing; don’t be ashamed....”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Go, look: it’s nothing; don’t be ashamed....”
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading Please see what they’re doing in that hut!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Go, look: it’s nothing; don’t be ashamed....”
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading “Fine.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go, look: it’s nothing; don’t be ashamed....”
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 “Those wanderers, people of God....
temporary military shelter
From this reading Please see what they’re doing in that hut!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Please see what they’re doing in that hut!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Go, look: it’s nothing; don’t be ashamed....”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Go, look: it’s nothing; don’t be ashamed....”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Go, look: it’s nothing; don’t be ashamed....”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Those wanderers, people of God....
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “Those wanderers, people of God....
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Please see what they’re doing in that hut!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Please see what they’re doing in that hut!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Please see what they’re doing in that hut!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Please see what they’re doing in that hut!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Those wanderers, people of God....
plural of “wanderer” — someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
From this reading “Those wanderers, people of God....
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Please see what they’re doing in that hut!
which person or people
From this reading “And your adored——” “Who?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And your adored——” “Who?”
Chapter 2 of Birds of Heaven, and Other Stories by Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 415 sentences of Birds of Heaven, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Birds of Heaven, and Other Stories by Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 309 minutes of reading across 743 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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