Chapter 8 of The Invaders, 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 8 of The Invaders, and Other Stories is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath. "Much he pities his own!... Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute. He wouldn't do it. He says he wouldn't borrow.
Chapter 8 of The Invaders, and Other Stories is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
get temporarily
From this reading “He says he wouldn't borrow.”
engage or hire for work
From this reading “Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute.”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “"My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.”
a person who directs and manages an organization
From this reading “Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute.”
past form of “reiterate” — to say, state, or perform again
From this reading “"My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.”
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
From this reading “Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute.”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “"My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.”
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading “"My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
get temporarily
From this reading He says he wouldn't borrow.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He wouldn't do it.
an opposing military force
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute.
engage or hire for work
From this reading Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Much he pities his own!...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He wouldn't do it.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "Much he pities his own!...
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute.
a person who directs and manages an organization
From this reading Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "Much he pities his own!...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Much he pities his own!...
past form of “reiterate” — to say, state, or perform again
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading He says he wouldn't borrow.
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
From this reading Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute.
free from tears
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Mátushka said the overseer told him to hire a substitute.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He wouldn't do it.
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading "My uncle is my enemy, and he wants to kill me," reiterated Ilya with tearless wrath.
Chapter 8 of The Invaders, and Other Stories by Leo, graf Tolstoy 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 8 holds 428 sentences of The Invaders, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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