Chapter 28 of The Little Demon is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 28 of The Little Demon is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Peredonov awoke in the morning. Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes. Wasn't it Pilnikov? Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition. Everything seemed bewitched.
Chapter 28 of The Little Demon is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a ghostly appearing figure
From this reading “Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition.”
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading “Peredonov awoke in the morning.”
captured, as if under a spell
From this reading “Everything seemed bewitched.”
lacking definite form or limits
From this reading “Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.”
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading “Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition.”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading “Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.”
come down like raindrops
From this reading “Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition.”
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 “Peredonov awoke in the morning.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition.
a ghostly appearing figure
From this reading Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading Peredonov awoke in the morning.
captured, as if under a spell
From this reading Everything seemed bewitched.
lacking definite form or limits
From this reading Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything seemed bewitched.
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Peredonov awoke in the morning.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Wasn't it Pilnikov?
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Peredonov awoke in the morning.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Peredonov awoke in the morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wasn't it Pilnikov?
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Everything seemed bewitched.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.
come down like raindrops
From this reading Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Peredonov awoke in the morning.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wasn't it Pilnikov?
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Peredonov walked up to the window and spat on the evil apparition.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Someone was looking at him with huge, cloudy, four-cornered eyes.
Chapter 28 of The Little Demon by Fyodor Sologub holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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 28 holds 150 sentences of The Little Demon, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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