Chapter 5 of Liza is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Liza is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes. Lavretsky jumped up quickly from his chair. "Why did I marry her? I was young and inexperienced then. I was taken in.
Chapter 5 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
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a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “Lavretsky jumped up quickly from his chair.”
directed downward
From this reading “"Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.”
lacking practical experience or training
From this reading “I was young and inexperienced then.”
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Lavretsky jumped up quickly from his chair.”
similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
From this reading “"Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.”
take in marriage
From this reading “"Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.”
with speed
From this reading “Lavretsky jumped up quickly from his chair.”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “"Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was young and inexperienced then.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Lavretsky jumped up quickly from his chair.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.
directed downward
From this reading "Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Lavretsky jumped up quickly from his chair.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lavretsky jumped up quickly from his chair.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Why did I marry her?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was taken in.
lacking practical experience or training
From this reading I was young and inexperienced then.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Lavretsky jumped up quickly from his chair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lavretsky jumped up quickly from his chair.
similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
From this reading "Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.
take in marriage
From this reading "Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.
with speed
From this reading Lavretsky jumped up quickly from his chair.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading I was taken in.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Lavretsky jumped up quickly from his chair.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was young and inexperienced then.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Then why did you marry her?" whispered Liza, with downcast eyes.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading I was young and inexperienced then.
Chapter 5 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.
Chapter 5 holds 427 sentences of Liza, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Liza by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 355 minutes of reading across 853 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Liza, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
