Chapter 22 of The Little Demon is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The Little Demon is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall. Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out. With the same stealthiness she returned to the table and whispered: "The postman. We'd better give him a vodka--he's brought another letter."
Chapter 22 of The Little Demon is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an established custom
From this reading “Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.”
the act of eating lunch
From this reading “On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.”
a man who delivers the mail
From this reading “"The postman.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.”
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading “On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.”
unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia
From this reading “We'd better give him a vodka--he's brought another letter."”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “With the same stealthiness she returned to the table and whispered:”
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.
In this reading “On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.”
be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
In this reading “Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.”
move upward
In this reading “Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.”
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 We'd better give him a vodka--he's brought another letter."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading We'd better give him a vodka--he's brought another letter."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading We'd better give him a vodka--he's brought another letter."
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading We'd better give him a vodka--he's brought another letter."
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading We'd better give him a vodka--he's brought another letter."
an established custom
From this reading Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'd better give him a vodka--he's brought another letter."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We'd better give him a vodka--he's brought another letter."
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading We'd better give him a vodka--he's brought another letter."
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.
the act of eating lunch
From this reading On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.
a man who delivers the mail
From this reading "The postman.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading With the same stealthiness she returned to the table and whispered:
Identical; not different.
From this reading With the same stealthiness she returned to the table and whispered:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With the same stealthiness she returned to the table and whispered:
a person, without saying who
From this reading On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.
in a stealthy manner
From this reading Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.
a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
From this reading With the same stealthiness she returned to the table and whispered:
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading With the same stealthiness she returned to the table and whispered:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.
unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia
From this reading We'd better give him a vodka--he's brought another letter."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'd better give him a vodka--he's brought another letter."
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Varvara went up to the door stealthily, as was her habit, and looked out.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.
at the time that
From this reading On Sunday when Peredonov and Varvara were lunching, someone entered the hall.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading With the same stealthiness she returned to the table and whispered:
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the same stealthiness she returned to the table and whispered:
Chapter 22 of The Little Demon by Fyodor Sologub holds 223 sentences, grouped into 45 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 22 holds 223 sentences of The Little Demon, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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