Chapter 11 of The Duel and Other Stories is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Duel and Other Stories is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed. "Once a month one needs something to brighten one up .
Chapter 11 of The Duel and Other Stories is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make more cheerful through the use of color
From this reading “"Once a month one needs something to brighten one up .”
talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading “All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.”
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading “All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.”
a woman who is a Jew
From this reading “All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.”
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading “"Once a month one needs something to brighten one up .”
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading “"Once a month one needs something to brighten one up .”
visual imagery
From this reading “All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.”
with restored energy
From this reading “All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.”
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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 "Once a month one needs something to brighten one up .
(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 All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
make more cheerful through the use of color
From this reading "Once a month one needs something to brighten one up .
talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
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From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
a woman who is a Jew
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
the sound of laughing
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading "Once a month one needs something to brighten one up .
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading "Once a month one needs something to brighten one up .
on one occasion
From this reading "Once a month one needs something to brighten one up .
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Once a month one needs something to brighten one up .
visual imagery
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
with restored energy
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Once a month one needs something to brighten one up .
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Once a month one needs something to brighten one up .
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading All the way his imagination was picturing how surprised the Jewess would be to see him, how he would laugh and chat, and come home feeling refreshed.
Chapter 11 of The Duel and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 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.
Chapter 11 holds 428 sentences of The Duel and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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