Chapter 6 of Red love is here in full — 639 sentences across 128 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Red love is here in full — 639 sentences across 128 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The train was to arrive in the morning. And Vassilissa was up with the first pale light of dawn. She had to collect her things, and dress, to please her beloved Volodya. They had been hard, those seven months of separation. Vassilissa was happy, gay, joyful.
Chapter 6 of Red love is here in full — 639 sentences across 128 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “The train was to arrive in the morning.”
dearly loved
From this reading “She had to collect her things, and dress, to please her beloved Volodya.”
get or gather together
From this reading “She had to collect her things, and dress, to please her beloved Volodya.”
the first light of day
From this reading “And Vassilissa was up with the first pale light of dawn.”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “Vassilissa was happy, gay, joyful.”
full of or producing joy
From this reading “Vassilissa was happy, gay, joyful.”
the state of lacking unity
From this reading “They had been hard, those seven months of separation.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading “They had been hard, those seven months of separation.”
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.
In this reading “They had been hard, those seven months of separation.”
In this reading “The train was to arrive in the morning.”
In this reading “The train was to arrive in the morning.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Vassilissa was up with the first pale light of dawn.
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading The train was to arrive in the morning.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They had been hard, those seven months of separation.
dearly loved
From this reading She had to collect her things, and dress, to please her beloved Volodya.
get or gather together
From this reading She had to collect her things, and dress, to please her beloved Volodya.
the first light of day
From this reading And Vassilissa was up with the first pale light of dawn.
put on clothes
From this reading She had to collect her things, and dress, to please her beloved Volodya.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading And Vassilissa was up with the first pale light of dawn.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading Vassilissa was happy, gay, joyful.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had to collect her things, and dress, to please her beloved Volodya.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Vassilissa was happy, gay, joyful.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading They had been hard, those seven months of separation.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had to collect her things, and dress, to please her beloved Volodya.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The train was to arrive in the morning.
full of or producing joy
From this reading Vassilissa was happy, gay, joyful.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading And Vassilissa was up with the first pale light of dawn.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading They had been hard, those seven months of separation.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The train was to arrive in the morning.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And Vassilissa was up with the first pale light of dawn.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading And Vassilissa was up with the first pale light of dawn.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading She had to collect her things, and dress, to please her beloved Volodya.
the state of lacking unity
From this reading They had been hard, those seven months of separation.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading They had been hard, those seven months of separation.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had to collect her things, and dress, to please her beloved Volodya.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The train was to arrive in the morning.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had been hard, those seven months of separation.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading She had to collect her things, and dress, to please her beloved Volodya.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading They had been hard, those seven months of separation.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The train was to arrive in the morning.
create by training and teaching
From this reading The train was to arrive in the morning.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading And Vassilissa was up with the first pale light of dawn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And Vassilissa was up with the first pale light of dawn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had to collect her things, and dress, to please her beloved Volodya.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The train was to arrive in the morning.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And Vassilissa was up with the first pale light of dawn.
Chapter 6 of Red love by A. (Aleksandra) Kollontai holds 639 sentences, grouped into 128 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 6 holds 639 sentences of Red love, unabridged, divided into 128 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Red love by A. (Aleksandra) Kollontai exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 639 sentences, grouped into 128 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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