Chapter 10 of The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There was laughter in the pavilion. "A nice thing to treat us to!" "Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then . . and some Benedictine, perhaps .
Chapter 10 of The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict
From this reading “. and some Benedictine, perhaps .”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading “"Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “"Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “There was laughter in the pavilion.”
the head of a city government
From this reading “"Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .”
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading “"Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .”
large and often sumptuous tent
From this reading “There was laughter in the pavilion.”
interact in a certain way
From this reading “"A nice thing to treat us to!"”
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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 "A nice thing to treat us to!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading . and some Benedictine, perhaps .
a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict
From this reading . and some Benedictine, perhaps .
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading "Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .
take in liquids
From this reading "Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading "Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was laughter in the pavilion.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .
the sound of laughing
From this reading There was laughter in the pavilion.
the head of a city government
From this reading "Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading "Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading "Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading "A nice thing to treat us to!"
large and often sumptuous tent
From this reading There was laughter in the pavilion.
by chance
From this reading . and some Benedictine, perhaps .
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading . and some Benedictine, perhaps .
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was laughter in the pavilion.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was laughter in the pavilion.
a special situation
From this reading "A nice thing to treat us to!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "A nice thing to treat us to!"
interact in a certain way
From this reading "A nice thing to treat us to!"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "A nice thing to treat us to!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was laughter in the pavilion.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Never mind, we will drink it," muttered the mayor; "a dozen glasses, then .
Chapter 10 of The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 381 sentences, grouped into 77 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 10 holds 381 sentences of The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 381 sentences, grouped into 77 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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