Chapter 10 of The Lock and Key Library — North Europe — Russian — Swedish is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Lock and Key Library — North Europe — Russian — Swedish is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Stop a minute, I will give you one." "Well?" "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?" "Of course not. I only pointed out the inequality of things.
Chapter 10 of The Lock and Key Library — North Europe — Russian — Swedish is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “"Of course not.”
past form of “declaim” — recite in elocution
From this reading “"After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"”
lack of equality
From this reading “I only pointed out the inequality of things.”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “"After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “"Stop a minute, I will give you one."”
having a point
From this reading “I only pointed out the inequality of things.”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “"Stop a minute, I will give you one."”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “"After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Stop a minute, I will give you one."
later than; following
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading "Of course not.
past form of “declaim” — recite in elocution
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Stop a minute, I will give you one."
the act of departing
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Stop a minute, I will give you one."
lack of equality
From this reading I only pointed out the inequality of things.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading "Stop a minute, I will give you one."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Of course not.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Stop a minute, I will give you one."
and nothing more
From this reading I only pointed out the inequality of things.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I only pointed out the inequality of things.
having a point
From this reading I only pointed out the inequality of things.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading "Stop a minute, I will give you one."
express in words
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading I only pointed out the inequality of things.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Stop a minute, I will give you one."
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Stop a minute, I will give you one."
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "After all you have said and declaimed, tell me--are you going to kill the old woman YOURSELF, or not?"
Chapter 10 of The Lock and Key Library — North Europe — Russian — Swedish by Julian [Editor] Hawthorne holds 210 sentences, grouped into 42 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 10 holds 210 sentences of The Lock and Key Library — North Europe — Russian — Swedish, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
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