Chapter 9 of Smoke is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Smoke is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Litvinov jumped up, snatched his hat. But what was he to do? Run to her? Answer her letter? He stopped short, and his hands fell.
Chapter 9 of Smoke is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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react verbally
From this reading “Answer her letter?”
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading “Litvinov jumped up, snatched his hat.”
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Litvinov jumped up, snatched his hat.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “Answer her letter?”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “Run to her?”
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading “He stopped short, and his hands fell.”
past form of “snatch” — to grasp hastily or eagerly
From this reading “Litvinov jumped up, snatched his hat.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “He stopped short, and his hands fell.”
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In this reading “Litvinov jumped up, snatched his hat.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He stopped short, and his hands fell.
react verbally
From this reading Answer her letter?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what was he to do?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But what was he to do?
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading He stopped short, and his hands fell.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading He stopped short, and his hands fell.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading Litvinov jumped up, snatched his hat.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But what was he to do?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Run to her?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Litvinov jumped up, snatched his hat.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Litvinov jumped up, snatched his hat.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Answer her letter?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Litvinov jumped up, snatched his hat.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Run to her?
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading He stopped short, and his hands fell.
past form of “snatch” — to grasp hastily or eagerly
From this reading Litvinov jumped up, snatched his hat.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading He stopped short, and his hands fell.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But what was he to do?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Litvinov jumped up, snatched his hat.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But what was he to do?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what was he to do?
Chapter 9 of Smoke by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 9 holds 406 sentences of Smoke, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Smoke by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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