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Chapter 1 of Love, and Other Stories is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"THREE o'clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can't sleep, I am so happy! "My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling. I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
Chapter 1 of Love, and Other Stories is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
From this reading “I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!”
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading “The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.”
-ing form of “burst” — come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading “"My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!”
plural of “heel” — the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
From this reading “"My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.”
incapable of being explained or accounted for
From this reading “"My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.”
moving slowly and gently
From this reading “I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!”
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
From this reading “The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.”
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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 "My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I can't sleep, I am so happy!
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
From this reading I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading "My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.
-ing form of “burst” — come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading "My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't sleep, I am so happy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading "My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading I can't sleep, I am so happy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.
plural of “heel” — the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
From this reading "My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can't sleep, I am so happy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "THREE o'clock in the morning.
incapable of being explained or accounted for
From this reading "My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
and nothing more
From this reading I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
moving slowly and gently
From this reading I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading "THREE o'clock in the morning.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
according to the clock
From this reading "THREE o'clock in the morning.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading I can't sleep, I am so happy!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I can't sleep, I am so happy!
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading "My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "THREE o'clock in the morning.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading "THREE o'clock in the morning.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading I can't analyse it just now--I haven't the time, I'm too lazy, and there--hang analysis!
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading "My whole being from head to heels is bursting with a strange, incomprehensible feeling.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The soft April night is looking in at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars.
Chapter 1 of Love, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 428 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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