AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A week later Volodya threw her over.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
agonisingadjective
extremely painful
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
almostadverbUS /ˈɔːlmoʊst/
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
anecdotesnounUS /ˈænəkdoʊts/
plural of “anecdote” — short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
beggingnounUS /ˈbeɡɪŋ/
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
billiardsnounUS /ˈbɪljərdz/
any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
broughtverbUS /brɔːt/
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
cellnounUS /sel/
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
ColonelnounUS /ˈkɜːrnəl/
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
complainingadjectiveUS /kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ/
expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
consequencenounUS /ˈkɑːnsəkwəns/
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
daynounUS /deɪ/
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
driveverbUS /draɪv/
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
evenadjectiveUS /ˈiːvɪn/
divisible by two
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
feelingnounUS /ˈfiːlɪŋ/
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
forgiveverbUS /fərˈɡɪv/
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
GodnounUS /ɡɑːd/
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
GoingnounUS /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/
the act of departing
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
goodadjectiveUS /ɡʊd/
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A week later Volodya threw her over.
hiredadjectiveUS /ˈhaɪərd/
having services engaged for a fee
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
horsesnounUS /ˈhɔːrsəz/
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
hoursnounUS /ˈaʊərz/
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
husbandnounUS /ˈhʌzbənd/
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
impureadjectiveUS /ˌɪmˈpjʊr/
combined with extraneous elements
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
keptadjectiveUS /kept/
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
languidadjectiveUS /ˈlæŋɡwəd/
lacking spirit or liveliness
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
lateradverbUS /ˈleɪtər/
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading A week later Volodya threw her over.
learntverbUS /lɜːrnt/
inflected form of “learn” — gain knowledge or skills
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
lessonnounUS /ˈlesən/
a unit of instruction
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
lifenounUS /laɪf/
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
Lvovna
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
mechanicallyadverbUS /məˈkænɪkli/
in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
miserableadjectiveUS /ˈmɪzərəbəl/
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
miserynounUS /ˈmɪzəri/
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
nunnerynounUS /ˈnʌnəri/
the convent of a community of nuns
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
Olga
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A week later Volodya threw her over.
passverbUS /pæs/
go across or through
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
picquet
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
pitifuladjectiveUS /ˈpɪtəfəl/
inspiring mixed contempt and pity
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
playingnounUS /ˈpleɪɪŋ/
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
repeatedadjectiveUS /rɪˈpiːtɪd/
recurring again and again
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
Rita
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
rotenounUS /roʊt/
memorization by repetition
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
shabbyadjectiveUS /ˈʃæbi/
showing signs of wear and tear
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
sledges
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
Sofya
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
sometimesadverbUS /səmˈtaɪmz/
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
spentadjectiveUS /spent/
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
takeverbUS /teɪk/
carry out
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
tastelessadjectiveUS /ˈteɪstləs/
lacking flavor
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
threenounUS /θriː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
threwverbUS /θruː/
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading A week later Volodya threw her over.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
toldverbUS /toʊld/
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
unbearableadjectiveUS /ənˈberəbəl/
incapable of being tolerated or endured
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
uninterestingadjectiveUS /əˈnɪntrəstɪŋ/
arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
Volodya
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A week later Volodya threw her over.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
waynounUS /weɪ/
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
weariedadjectiveUS /ˈwɪrid/
exhausted
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
weeknounUS /wiːk/
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading A week later Volodya threw her over.
weepingadjectiveUS /ˈwiːpɪŋ/
showing sorrow
From this reading Going almost every day to the nunnery, she wearied Olga, complaining of her unbearable misery, weeping, and feeling as she did so that she brought with her into the cell something impure, pitiful, shabby.
wentverbUS /went/
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading And after that life went on as before, uninteresting, miserable, and sometimes even agonising.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Colonel and Volodya spent hours playing billiards and picquet, Rita told anecdotes in the same languid, tasteless way, and Sofya Lvovna went about alone in hired sledges and kept begging her husband to take her for a good drive with three horses.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And Olga repeated to her mechanically as though a lesson learnt by rote, that all this was of no consequence, that it would all pass and God would forgive her.
