Chapter 6 of Smoke is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of Smoke is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair. ‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night. Well, what have you to say about last night? Wasn’t I right?’ Litvinov sat down.
Chapter 6 of Smoke is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night.”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.”
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.”
expressing sorrow
From this reading “‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.”
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading “‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.”
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading “‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night.”
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading “‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.”
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 “‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.”
In this reading “Well, what have you to say about last night?”
In this reading “‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.”
In this reading “‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.”
In this reading “Well, what have you to say about last night?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Well, what have you to say about last night?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading ‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading ‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Litvinov sat down.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Well, what have you to say about last night?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
immediately past
From this reading Well, what have you to say about last night?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Litvinov sat down.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading ‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading ‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night.
expressing sorrow
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Wasn’t I right?’
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Litvinov sat down.
express in words
From this reading Well, what have you to say about last night?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading ‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night.
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, what have you to say about last night?
precisely as stated
From this reading ‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading ‘Thanks for coming,’ she began in a plaintive voice, and she sank into a low chair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wasn’t I right?’
(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 ‘I am not very well this morning; I spent a bad night.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Well, what have you to say about last night?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, what have you to say about last night?
Chapter 6 of Smoke by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 415 sentences of Smoke, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Smoke by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 6 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Smoke by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 3744 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #40813 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #40813, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 312 minutes of reading across 749 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Smoke section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 9 chapters of Smoke to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Smoke, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
