Chapter 10 of The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him. He is a nonsensical fellow, your honour!"
Chapter 10 of The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading “"He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.”
a boy or man
From this reading “He is a nonsensical fellow, your honour!"”
the state of being honored
From this reading “"He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.”
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “"He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.”
so unreasonable as to invite derision
From this reading “He is a nonsensical fellow, your honour!"”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “"He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.”
a general conscious awareness
From this reading “"He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.”
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “"He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
a boy or man
From this reading He is a nonsensical fellow, your honour!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
the state of being honored
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He is a nonsensical fellow, your honour!"
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
so unreasonable as to invite derision
From this reading He is a nonsensical fellow, your honour!"
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "He put a cigarette in her face, your honour, for a joke, and she had the sense to snap at him.
Chapter 10 of The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 10 holds 395 sentences of The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 79 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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