Chapter 2 of The chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They won’t come right.’ ‘Because you don’t understand them,’ suggested somebody. ‘Possibly; but patience, patience; I shall understand them directly. Ah! I see something now.
Chapter 2 of The chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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for the reason that
From this reading “‘Because you don’t understand them,’ suggested somebody.”
without deviation
From this reading “‘Possibly; but patience, patience; I shall understand them directly.”
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “‘Possibly; but patience, patience; I shall understand them directly.”
by chance
From this reading “‘Possibly; but patience, patience; I shall understand them directly.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “‘Because you don’t understand them,’ suggested somebody.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “I see something now.”
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “‘Because you don’t understand them,’ suggested somebody.”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “‘Because you don’t understand them,’ suggested somebody.”
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From this reading Ah!
for the reason that
From this reading ‘Because you don’t understand them,’ suggested somebody.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ‘Possibly; but patience, patience; I shall understand them directly.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading They won’t come right.’
without deviation
From this reading ‘Possibly; but patience, patience; I shall understand them directly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Because you don’t understand them,’ suggested somebody.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘Possibly; but patience, patience; I shall understand them directly.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I see something now.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading ‘Possibly; but patience, patience; I shall understand them directly.
by chance
From this reading ‘Possibly; but patience, patience; I shall understand them directly.
precisely, exactly
From this reading They won’t come right.’
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I see something now.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ‘Possibly; but patience, patience; I shall understand them directly.
a person, without saying who
From this reading ‘Because you don’t understand them,’ suggested somebody.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I see something now.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading ‘Because you don’t understand them,’ suggested somebody.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading ‘Because you don’t understand them,’ suggested somebody.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They won’t come right.’
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading ‘Because you don’t understand them,’ suggested somebody.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They won’t come right.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Because you don’t understand them,’ suggested somebody.
Chapter 2 of The chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service by Dick Donovan holds 410 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 2 holds 410 sentences of The chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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