Chapter 38 of Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov is here in full — 1863 sentences across 373 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 38 of Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov is here in full — 1863 sentences across 373 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"H'm ... how?" "Father says so. He says: 'You are unlucky children.' It's quite strange to listen to him. He says: 'You are unhappy, I'm unhappy, and Mother's unhappy.'
Chapter 38 of Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov is here in full — 1863 sentences across 373 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “He says: 'You are unlucky children.'”
hear with intention
From this reading “It's quite strange to listen to him.”
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “He says: 'You are unhappy, I'm unhappy, and Mother's unhappy.'”
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading “It's quite strange to listen to him.”
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “"Father says so.”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “It's quite strange to listen to him.”
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading “He says: 'You are unhappy, I'm unhappy, and Mother's unhappy.'”
having or bringing misfortune
From this reading “He says: 'You are unlucky children.'”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He says: 'You are unhappy, I'm unhappy, and Mother's unhappy.'
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He says: 'You are unlucky children.'
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading He says: 'You are unlucky children.'
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Father says so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "H'm ... how?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He says: 'You are unlucky children.'
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It's quite strange to listen to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "H'm ... how?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He says: 'You are unhappy, I'm unhappy, and Mother's unhappy.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's quite strange to listen to him.
hear with intention
From this reading It's quite strange to listen to him.
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading He says: 'You are unhappy, I'm unhappy, and Mother's unhappy.'
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading It's quite strange to listen to him.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading "Father says so.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Father says so.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading It's quite strange to listen to him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's quite strange to listen to him.
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading He says: 'You are unhappy, I'm unhappy, and Mother's unhappy.'
having or bringing misfortune
From this reading He says: 'You are unlucky children.'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He says: 'You are unlucky children.'
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