Chapter 11 of The Jew and Other Stories is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Jew and Other Stories is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said. 'Why, what's the matter?' 'Would your honour please to see for yourself....' Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna. She was sitting alone in a corner, pale and passive.
Chapter 11 of The Jew and Other Stories is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with anger
From this reading “Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.”
a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
From this reading “Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.”
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading “Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.”
the state of being honored
From this reading “'Would your honour please to see for yourself....'”
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading “'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.”
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading “'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.”
lacking in energy or will
From this reading “She was sitting alone in a corner, pale and passive.”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.”
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 Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
Having no one else present.
From this reading She was sitting alone in a corner, pale and passive.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
with anger
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading She was sitting alone in a corner, pale and passive.
a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'Would your honour please to see for yourself....'
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
the state of being honored
From this reading 'Would your honour please to see for yourself....'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
the literary culture
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading 'Why, what's the matter?'
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading She was sitting alone in a corner, pale and passive.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
lacking in energy or will
From this reading She was sitting alone in a corner, pale and passive.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading 'Would your honour please to see for yourself....'
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
express in words
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading She was sitting alone in a corner, pale and passive.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Why, what's the matter?'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
precisely as stated
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was sitting alone in a corner, pale and passive.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Vassily got up, angrily flung the letters into a drawer, and went in to Olga Ivanovna.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Why, what's the matter?'
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading 'Why, what's the matter?'
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading 'Would your honour please to see for yourself....'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'My mistress told me to say that she very particularly wants to see you,' she said.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Would your honour please to see for yourself....'
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading 'Would your honour please to see for yourself....'
Chapter 11 of The Jew and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
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