Chapter 10 of Makar's Dream, and Other Stories is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Makar's Dream, and Other Stories is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.” “Oh, that’s what you’re thinking of! Yes, it was Saturday last year.” “When will the Day of Atonement be this year?” “I can’t say when it will be.
Chapter 10 of Makar's Dream, and Other Stories is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in the past
From this reading ““I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.””
compensation for a wrong
From this reading ““I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.””
immediately past
From this reading “Yes, it was Saturday last year.””
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading ““I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.””
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “Yes, it was Saturday last year.””
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading ““Oh, that’s what you’re thinking of!”
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading ““I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.””
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, it was Saturday last year.””
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In this reading “Yes, it was Saturday last year.””
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in the past
From this reading “I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.”
compensation for a wrong
From this reading “I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “When will the Day of Atonement be this year?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I can’t say when it will be.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Yes, it was Saturday last year.”
immediately past
From this reading Yes, it was Saturday last year.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, that’s what you’re thinking of!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Yes, it was Saturday last year.”
express in words
From this reading “I can’t say when it will be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, that’s what you’re thinking of!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “Oh, that’s what you’re thinking of!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “When will the Day of Atonement be this year?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yes, it was Saturday last year.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Oh, that’s what you’re thinking of!
at the time that
From this reading “When will the Day of Atonement be this year?”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “When will the Day of Atonement be this year?”
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading “I mean the Day of Atonement one year ago.”
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, it was Saturday last year.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, that’s what you’re thinking of!
Chapter 10 of Makar's Dream, and Other Stories by Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko holds 419 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 419 sentences of Makar's Dream, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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