Chapter 4 of Russian Silhouettes is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Russian Silhouettes is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me. “What?” I asked. “Let us—let us slide down the hill again!” We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.
Chapter 4 of Russian Silhouettes is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading ““Let us—let us slide down the hill again!””
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading “We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading ““Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.”
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading “We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.”
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
From this reading ““Let us—let us slide down the hill again!””
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ““Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.”
the upper part of anything
From this reading “We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.”
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fall or sink heavily
In this reading ““Let us—let us slide down the hill again!””
In this reading ““Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading “Let us—let us slide down the hill again!”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I asked.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Let us—let us slide down the hill again!”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “Let us—let us slide down the hill again!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
From this reading “Let us—let us slide down the hill again!”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.
express in words
From this reading “Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Let us—let us slide down the hill again!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.
the upper part of anything
From this reading We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Let us—let us slide down the hill again!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We mounted the steps that led to the top of the hill.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What?”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Let me tell you something,” she said, without looking at me.
Chapter 4 of Russian Silhouettes by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 429 sentences of Russian Silhouettes, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Russian Silhouettes by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
Work through the 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 86 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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