Chapter 6 of Modern Essays and Stories A book to awaken appreciation of modern prose is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Modern Essays and Stories A book to awaken appreciation of modern prose is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“God from the world, is there no end to our troubles? When will the earth cover me and my woes?” I watched the Cossack disappear down the road. All at once I saw the whole village running toward us. I dragged my mother to the window to see the approaching crowd.
Chapter 6 of Modern Essays and Stories A book to awaken appreciation of modern prose is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the event of one object coming closer to another
From this reading “I dragged my mother to the window to see the approaching crowd.”
a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
From this reading “I watched the Cossack disappear down the road.”
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading “When will the earth cover me and my woes?””
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading “I dragged my mother to the window to see the approaching crowd.”
get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading “I watched the Cossack disappear down the road.”
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “I dragged my mother to the window to see the approaching crowd.”
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading ““God from the world, is there no end to our troubles?”
plural of “woe” — misery resulting from affliction
From this reading “When will the earth cover me and my woes?””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “All at once I saw the whole village running toward us.”
In this reading “All at once I saw the whole village running toward us.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 All at once I saw the whole village running toward us.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When will the earth cover me and my woes?”
the event of one object coming closer to another
From this reading I dragged my mother to the window to see the approaching crowd.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All at once I saw the whole village running toward us.
a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
From this reading I watched the Cossack disappear down the road.
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading When will the earth cover me and my woes?”
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading I dragged my mother to the window to see the approaching crowd.
get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading I watched the Cossack disappear down the road.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I watched the Cossack disappear down the road.
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading I dragged my mother to the window to see the approaching crowd.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading When will the earth cover me and my woes?”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “God from the world, is there no end to our troubles?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “God from the world, is there no end to our troubles?
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “God from the world, is there no end to our troubles?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I watched the Cossack disappear down the road.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “God from the world, is there no end to our troubles?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When will the earth cover me and my woes?”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading I dragged my mother to the window to see the approaching crowd.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When will the earth cover me and my woes?”
not any; not one
From this reading “God from the world, is there no end to our troubles?
on one occasion
From this reading All at once I saw the whole village running toward us.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “God from the world, is there no end to our troubles?
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading I watched the Cossack disappear down the road.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading All at once I saw the whole village running toward us.
cut with a saw
From this reading All at once I saw the whole village running toward us.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I dragged my mother to the window to see the approaching crowd.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “God from the world, is there no end to our troubles?
in or at that place or location
From this reading “God from the world, is there no end to our troubles?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “God from the world, is there no end to our troubles?
in the direction of
From this reading All at once I saw the whole village running toward us.
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading “God from the world, is there no end to our troubles?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All at once I saw the whole village running toward us.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading All at once I saw the whole village running toward us.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading I watched the Cossack disappear down the road.
at the time that
From this reading When will the earth cover me and my woes?”
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading All at once I saw the whole village running toward us.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading When will the earth cover me and my woes?”
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading I dragged my mother to the window to see the approaching crowd.
plural of “woe” — misery resulting from affliction
From this reading When will the earth cover me and my woes?”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “God from the world, is there no end to our troubles?
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