Chapter 6 of The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"That's all right. It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.
Chapter 6 of The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.”
made afraid
From this reading “It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “"That's all right.”
be seated
From this reading “It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.”
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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 "That's all right.
Having no one else present.
From this reading It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.
made afraid
From this reading It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "That's all right.
be seated
From this reading It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's all right.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be dreadful to sit here alone, one would be frightened.
Chapter 6 of The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 6 holds 406 sentences of The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
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