Chapter 39 of Resurrection is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 39 of Resurrection is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SENTENCE COMMUTED. “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff. “At Duke’s? Well, it’s horrid enough there. Come and dine with us at five o’clock.
Chapter 39 of Resurrection is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “commute” — exchange positions without a change in value
From this reading “THE SENTENCE COMMUTED.”
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading “Come and dine with us at five o’clock.”
possessive form of “duke” — a British peer of the highest rank
exceedingly bad
From this reading “Well, it’s horrid enough there.”
according to the clock
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading “THE SENTENCE COMMUTED.”
-ing form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading ““By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.”
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading ““By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Come and dine with us at five o’clock.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “At Duke’s?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come and dine with us at five o’clock.
past form of “commute” — exchange positions without a change in value
From this reading THE SENTENCE COMMUTED.
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading Come and dine with us at five o’clock.
possessive form of “duke” — a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading “At Duke’s?
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Well, it’s horrid enough there.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Come and dine with us at five o’clock.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
exceedingly bad
From this reading Well, it’s horrid enough there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, it’s horrid enough there.
go away from a place
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
according to the clock
From this reading Come and dine with us at five o’clock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading THE SENTENCE COMMUTED.
-ing form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SENTENCE COMMUTED.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Well, it’s horrid enough there.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Come and dine with us at five o’clock.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, it’s horrid enough there.
in or at the place that
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Come and dine with us at five o’clock.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “By-the-way, where are you staying?” asked the General as he was taking leave of Nekhludoff.
Chapter 39 of Resurrection by Leo, graf Tolstoy holds 227 sentences, grouped into 46 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 39 holds 227 sentences of Resurrection, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 39 of Resurrection by Leo, graf Tolstoy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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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