Chapter 11 of Love, and Other Stories is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Love, and Other Stories is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling. "I saw him off at the steamer at three o'clock." Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over. "Vanya," she wailed, "Vanya! I will go to Vanya.
Chapter 11 of Love, and Other Stories is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “clutch” — take hold of; grab
From this reading “Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.”
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading “Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.”
similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
From this reading “Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.”
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading “Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.”
according to the clock
From this reading “"I saw him off at the steamer at three o'clock."”
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading “Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.”
a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
From this reading “"I saw him off at the steamer at three o'clock."”
past form of “wail” — emit long loud cries
From this reading “"Vanya," she wailed, "Vanya!”
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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 Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
(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 Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
past form of “clutch” — take hold of; grab
From this reading Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
in fear
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I will go to Vanya.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I saw him off at the steamer at three o'clock."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I saw him off at the steamer at three o'clock."
similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
according to the clock
From this reading "I saw him off at the steamer at three o'clock."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "I saw him off at the steamer at three o'clock."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
above and across; more than
From this reading Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
except for; apart from
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
cut with a saw
From this reading "I saw him off at the steamer at three o'clock."
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Vanya," she wailed, "Vanya!
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
From this reading "I saw him off at the steamer at three o'clock."
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Liza suddenly clutched at her head, made a movement, and falling on the seat, began shaking all over.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I saw him off at the steamer at three o'clock."
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading "I saw him off at the steamer at three o'clock."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Liza turned fearfully pale, and caught at Groholsky's shoulder to save herself from falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vanya," she wailed, "Vanya!
past form of “wail” — emit long loud cries
From this reading "Vanya," she wailed, "Vanya!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will go to Vanya.
Chapter 11 of Love, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 431 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.
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