Chapter I
Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of Liza is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR. (_Leisure Hour Series_.) FATHERS AND SONS. SMOKE. LIZA.
Liza
Chapter I · Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of Liza is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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BY
THE
SAME
AUTHOR.
(_Leisure
Hour
Series_.)
FATHERS
AND
SONS.
SMOKE.
LIZA.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Liza
Chapter I · Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of Liza is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
BY
THE
SAME
AUTHOR.
/baɪ ðə seɪm ˈɔːθər/
Line 2
(_Leisure
Hour
Series_.)
/ˈleʒər ˈaʊər ˈsɪriz/
Line 3
FATHERS
AND
SONS.
/ˈfɑːðərz ənd sʌnz/
Line 4
SMOKE.
/smoʊk/
Line 5
LIZA.
/ˈliːzə/
Learner Dictionary
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “BY THE SAME AUTHOR.”
fathers
noun
US /ˈfɑːðərz/
plural of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “FATHERS AND SONS.”
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading “(_Leisure Hour Series_.)”
Leisure
noun
US /ˈleʒər/
time available for ease and relaxation
liza
noun
US /ˈliːzə/
similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
From this reading “LIZA.”
Series
noun
US /ˈsɪriz/
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading “SMOKE.”
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading “FATHERS AND SONS.”
All words in this reading · 12
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FATHERS AND SONS.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
FATHERSnounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/
plural of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading FATHERS AND SONS.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading (_Leisure Hour Series_.)
LeisurenounUS /ˈleʒər/
time available for ease and relaxation
From this reading (_Leisure Hour Series_.)
LIZAnounUS /ˈliːzə/
similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
From this reading LIZA.
Identical; not different.
From this reading BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
SeriesnounUS /ˈsɪriz/
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading (_Leisure Hour Series_.)
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading SMOKE.
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading FATHERS AND SONS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
Chapter 1 of Liza by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
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Vocabulary met early in Liza
Words and structures a reader meets early in Liza, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Liza; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Leisure
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Liza; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Series
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Liza; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Fathers
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Liza; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.