Chapter 33 of The Little Demon is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter 33 of The Little Demon is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It was a cold, bleak day. Peredonov had just left Volodin. He felt depressed. Vershina lured him into the garden. He yielded again to her witching call.
Chapter 33 of The Little Demon is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 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.
offering little or no hope
From this reading “It was a cold, bleak day.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “He yielded again to her witching call.”
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading “It was a cold, bleak day.”
lower than previously
From this reading “He felt depressed.”
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “Vershina lured him into the garden.”
past form of “lure” — provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
From this reading “Vershina lured him into the garden.”
the use or practice of witchcraft
From this reading “He yielded again to her witching call.”
past form of “yield” — be the cause or source of
From this reading “He yielded again to her witching call.”
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 “Vershina lured him into the garden.”
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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 It was a cold, bleak day.
anew
From this reading He yielded again to her witching call.
offering little or no hope
From this reading It was a cold, bleak day.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading He yielded again to her witching call.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading It was a cold, bleak day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It was a cold, bleak day.
lower than previously
From this reading He felt depressed.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading He felt depressed.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading Vershina lured him into the garden.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Peredonov had just left Volodin.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He felt depressed.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He yielded again to her witching call.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Vershina lured him into the garden.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Vershina lured him into the garden.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a cold, bleak day.
and nothing more
From this reading Peredonov had just left Volodin.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Peredonov had just left Volodin.
past form of “lure” — provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
From this reading Vershina lured him into the garden.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Peredonov had just left Volodin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Vershina lured him into the garden.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He yielded again to her witching call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vershina lured him into the garden.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Peredonov had just left Volodin.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a cold, bleak day.
the use or practice of witchcraft
From this reading He yielded again to her witching call.
past form of “yield” — be the cause or source of
From this reading He yielded again to her witching call.
Chapter 33 of The Little Demon by Fyodor Sologub holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 33 holds 153 sentences of The Little Demon, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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