Chapter 1 of The diary of a superfluous man, and other is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The diary of a superfluous man, and other is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me. At last I have got at something definite! For all his cunning, he had to speak out at last. Yes, I am soon, very soon, to die. The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
Chapter 1 of The diary of a superfluous man, and other is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
From this reading “_Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.”
precise; explicit and clearly defined
From this reading “At last I have got at something definite!”
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading “The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?”
plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading “The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?”
a native or inhabitant of Russia
From this reading “_Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.”
travel through water
From this reading “The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?”
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading “The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 For all his cunning, he had to speak out at last.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Yes, I am soon, very soon, to die.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last I have got at something definite!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
terminate
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.
a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
From this reading _Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading For all his cunning, he had to speak out at last.
precise; explicit and clearly defined
From this reading At last I have got at something definite!
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Yes, I am soon, very soon, to die.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading _Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For all his cunning, he had to speak out at last.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
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From this reading _Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading At last I have got at something definite!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For all his cunning, he had to speak out at last.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At last I have got at something definite!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For all his cunning, he had to speak out at last.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For all his cunning, he had to speak out at last.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading At last I have got at something definite!
and nothing more
From this reading _Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.
immediately past
From this reading At last I have got at something definite!
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading _Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.
used to form the superlative
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading For all his cunning, he had to speak out at last.
plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
a native or inhabitant of Russia
From this reading _Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
a thing, without saying which
From this reading At last I have got at something definite!
in the near future
From this reading Yes, I am soon, very soon, to die.
express in speech
From this reading For all his cunning, he had to speak out at last.
travel through water
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For all his cunning, he had to speak out at last.
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading _Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett_ The doctor has just left me.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
precisely as stated
From this reading Yes, I am soon, very soon, to die.
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
in the company of; together with
From this reading The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away ... whither?
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, I am soon, very soon, to die.
Chapter 1 of The diary of a superfluous man, and other by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev holds 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
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