Chapter 8 of Dream Tales and Prose Poems is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Dream Tales and Prose Poems is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
We all crowded to the window.... Horror froze our hearts. ‘Here it is ... here it is!’ whispers one next me. And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling. ‘It is the sea!’ the thought flashed on us all at the same instant.
Chapter 8 of Dream Tales and Prose Poems is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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see with attention
From this reading “And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.”
A line that marks the limits of an area.
From this reading “And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.”
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading “We all crowded to the window....”
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “‘It is the sea!’ the thought flashed on us all at the same instant.”
inflected form of “freeze” — stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading “Horror froze our hearts.”
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
From this reading “And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.”
move an implement through
From this reading “And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.”
plural of “whisper” — speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “‘Here it is ... here it is!’ whispers one next me.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading We all crowded to the window....
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ‘It is the sea!’ the thought flashed on us all at the same instant.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
see with attention
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
A line that marks the limits of an area.
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading We all crowded to the window....
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading ‘It is the sea!’ the thought flashed on us all at the same instant.
inflected form of “freeze” — stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading Horror froze our hearts.
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading Horror froze our hearts.
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading ‘Here it is ... here it is!’ whispers one next me.
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From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
intense and profound fear
From this reading Horror froze our hearts.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading ‘It is the sea!’ the thought flashed on us all at the same instant.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Here it is ... here it is!’ whispers one next me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘Here it is ... here it is!’ whispers one next me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Here it is ... here it is!’ whispers one next me.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading ‘Here it is ... here it is!’ whispers one next me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ‘It is the sea!’ the thought flashed on us all at the same instant.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ‘Here it is ... here it is!’ whispers one next me.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Horror froze our hearts.
somewhat round in appearance or form
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
Identical; not different.
From this reading ‘It is the sea!’ the thought flashed on us all at the same instant.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading ‘It is the sea!’ the thought flashed on us all at the same instant.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
move an implement through
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We all crowded to the window....
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ‘It is the sea!’ the thought flashed on us all at the same instant.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We all crowded to the window....
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘It is the sea!’ the thought flashed on us all at the same instant.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We all crowded to the window....
plural of “whisper” — speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading ‘Here it is ... here it is!’ whispers one next me.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading And behold, along the whole far boundary of the earth, something began to stir, some sort of small, roundish hillocks began heaving and falling.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading We all crowded to the window....
Chapter 8 of Dream Tales and Prose Poems by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev holds 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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 8 holds 432 sentences of Dream Tales and Prose Poems, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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