Chapter 21 of The Lock and Key Library — North Europe — Russian — Swedish is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXI
Chapter 21 of The Lock and Key Library — North Europe — Russian — Swedish is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself. "Devils' skeletons! Don't plague me! A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics! This is no question of politics!
Chapter 21 of The Lock and Key Library — North Europe — Russian — Swedish is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading “A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!”
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.”
plural of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “"Devils' skeletons!”
cause to suffer a blight
From this reading “Don't plague me!”
social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
From this reading “A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.”
plural of “skeleton” — something reduced to its minimal form
From this reading “"Devils' skeletons!”
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading “Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.”
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 A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.
plural of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading "Devils' skeletons!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't plague me!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is no question of politics!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Don't plague me!
not any; not one
From this reading This is no question of politics!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This is no question of politics!
cause to suffer a blight
From this reading Don't plague me!
social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
From this reading A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading This is no question of politics!
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.
plural of “skeleton” — something reduced to its minimal form
From this reading "Devils' skeletons!
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is no question of politics!
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics!
Chapter 21 of The Lock and Key Library — North Europe — Russian — Swedish by Julian [Editor] Hawthorne holds 186 sentences, grouped into 38 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.
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