Chapter 35 of The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852 is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852 is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head. “A bad business!” said Nazárka. “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’ He seems to know!” “A regular wizard!”
Chapter 35 of The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852 is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the top edge of a vessel or other container
From this reading ““Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.”
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading ““Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading ““You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’”
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading ““Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.”
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading ““A regular wizard!””
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading ““You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’”
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
From this reading ““A regular wizard!””
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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 “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “A bad business!” said Nazárka.
of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
the top edge of a vessel or other container
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “A bad business!” said Nazárka.
taking care or paying attention
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He seems to know!”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading He seems to know!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “A bad business!” said Nazárka.
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading “A regular wizard!”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He seems to know!”
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
From this reading “A regular wizard!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You heard how Daddy Burlák said, ‘Have you stolen many horses?’
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your health!” said Lukáshka, taking from his mother’s hands a cup filled to the brim with _chikhir_ and carefully raising it to his bowed head.
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