Chapter 10 of Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever. I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene. "Good. Amen, from today. It's all over between us.
Chapter 10 of Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
From this reading “Amen, from today.”
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
From this reading “"So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.”
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading “"So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.”
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading “"So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.”
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading “"So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.”
the present time or age
From this reading “Amen, from today.”
displeasing to the senses
From this reading “I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.”
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
From this reading “I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
(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 "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
From this reading Amen, from today.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It's all over between us.
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Amen, from today.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
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From this reading It's all over between us.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
above and across; more than
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
recurring again and again
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
the present time or age
From this reading Amen, from today.
a shaky motion
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
displeasing to the senses
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It's all over between us.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "So he sets himself up for a saint!" he repeated, trembling all over with anger, his teeth chattering as though he were in a fever.
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
From this reading I happened to be in the room and was a witness of this ugly scene.
Chapter 10 of Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev holds 420 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 10 holds 420 sentences of Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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