Chapter 5 of The Inspector-General is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Inspector-General is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANNA. Nonsense! Perfect nonsense! I never was a queen of hearts. [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
Chapter 5 of The Inspector-General is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading “ANNA.”
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading “[She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!”
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading “I never was a queen of hearts.”
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading “[She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!”
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “[She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!”
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading “Nonsense!”
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading “[She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!”
third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech
From this reading “[She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!”
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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 I never was a queen of hearts.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading ANNA.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading I never was a queen of hearts.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I never was a queen of hearts.
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
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From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I never was a queen of hearts.
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading Nonsense!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I never was a queen of hearts.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading Perfect nonsense!
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading I never was a queen of hearts.
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I never was a queen of hearts.
in the company of; together with
From this reading [She goes out hurriedly with Marya and speaks behind the scenes.] The ideas she gets into her head!
Chapter 5 of The Inspector-General by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 5 holds 408 sentences of The Inspector-General, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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