Chapter 4 of Red love is here in full — 310 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of Red love is here in full — 310 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The compartment was dark. The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne. Vassilissa was lying quietly in her upper berth. If only she could fall asleep. But memories of the past insisted upon coming up.
Chapter 4 of Red love is here in full — 310 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a job in an organization
From this reading “Vassilissa was lying quietly in her upper berth.”
a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
From this reading “The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.”
a space into which an area is subdivided
From this reading “The compartment was dark.”
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
From this reading “The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.”
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “But memories of the past insisted upon coming up.”
Recollections of past events.
From this reading “But memories of the past insisted upon coming up.”
-ing form of “perfume” — fill or impregnate with an odor
From this reading “The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.”
the topmost one of two
From this reading “Vassilissa was lying quietly in her upper berth.”
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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the higher of two berths
In this reading “Vassilissa was lying quietly in her upper berth.”
change from a waking to a sleeping state
In this reading “If only she could fall asleep.”
In this reading “But memories of the past insisted upon coming up.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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later than; following
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
in a state of sleep
From this reading If only she could fall asleep.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
a job in an organization
From this reading Vassilissa was lying quietly in her upper berth.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But memories of the past insisted upon coming up.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading But memories of the past insisted upon coming up.
a space into which an area is subdivided
From this reading The compartment was dark.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If only she could fall asleep.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The compartment was dark.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading If only she could fall asleep.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Vassilissa was lying quietly in her upper berth.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If only she could fall asleep.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Vassilissa was lying quietly in her upper berth.
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading But memories of the past insisted upon coming up.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading Vassilissa was lying quietly in her upper berth.
Recollections of past events.
From this reading But memories of the past insisted upon coming up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But memories of the past insisted upon coming up.
and nothing more
From this reading If only she could fall asleep.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading But memories of the past insisted upon coming up.
-ing form of “perfume” — fill or impregnate with an odor
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
with low volume
From this reading Vassilissa was lying quietly in her upper berth.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If only she could fall asleep.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The compartment was dark.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading But memories of the past insisted upon coming up.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But memories of the past insisted upon coming up.
the topmost one of two
From this reading Vassilissa was lying quietly in her upper berth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vassilissa was lying quietly in her upper berth.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The compartment was dark.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Nep-girl had gone to bed, after perfuming the entire car with Eau de Cologne.
Chapter 4 of Red love by A. (Aleksandra) Kollontai holds 310 sentences, grouped into 62 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 4 holds 310 sentences of Red love, unabridged, divided into 62 reading sections.
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