Chapter 4 of Dream Tales and Prose Poems is here in full — 468 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Dream Tales and Prose Poems is here in full — 468 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘But what next? We cannot live together, can we? Then must I die so as to be with her? Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive? ‘Well; what then?
Chapter 4 of Dream Tales and Prose Poems is here in full — 468 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “Then must I die so as to be with her?”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “We cannot live together, can we?”
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading “Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Then must I die so as to be with her?”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “‘But what next?”
carry out
From this reading “Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading “We cannot live together, can we?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then must I die so as to be with her?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Then must I die so as to be with her?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ‘But what next?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We cannot live together, can we?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We cannot live together, can we?
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Then must I die so as to be with her?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then must I die so as to be with her?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then must I die so as to be with her?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading We cannot live together, can we?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Then must I die so as to be with her?
immediately following in time or order
From this reading ‘But what next?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Then must I die so as to be with her?
carry out
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Is it not for that she has come; and is it not _so_ she means to take me captive?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then must I die so as to be with her?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then must I die so as to be with her?
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading We cannot live together, can we?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We cannot live together, can we?
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading ‘Well; what then?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘But what next?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then must I die so as to be with her?
Chapter 4 of Dream Tales and Prose Poems by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev holds 468 sentences, grouped into 94 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 468 sentences of Dream Tales and Prose Poems, unabridged, divided into 94 reading sections.
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