Chapter 11 of The Princess Tarakanova is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Princess Tarakanova is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?_ I was overwhelmed; I was wonderstruck. “Is it possible the count can be a traitor?” The thought flew like lightning through my brain. Impossible. Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?
Chapter 11 of The Princess Tarakanova is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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widely known and esteemed
From this reading “Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?”
a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “The thought flew like lightning through my brain.”
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading “Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?”
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading “The thought flew like lightning through my brain.”
past form of “overwhelm” — overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
From this reading “_IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?_ I was overwhelmed; I was wonderstruck.”
one who loves and defends his or her country
From this reading “Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?”
someone who betrays his country by committing treason
From this reading “_IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?_ I was overwhelmed; I was wonderstruck.”
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In this reading “The thought flew like lightning through my brain.”
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From this reading Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?_ I was overwhelmed; I was wonderstruck.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Is it possible the count can be a traitor?”
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading The thought flew like lightning through my brain.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Is it possible the count can be a traitor?”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?
determine the number or amount of
From this reading _IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?_ I was overwhelmed; I was wonderstruck.
a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
From this reading Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading The thought flew like lightning through my brain.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?_ I was overwhelmed; I was wonderstruck.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading Impossible.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?_ I was overwhelmed; I was wonderstruck.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Is it possible the count can be a traitor?”
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading The thought flew like lightning through my brain.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The thought flew like lightning through my brain.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The thought flew like lightning through my brain.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?
past form of “overwhelm” — overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
From this reading _IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?_ I was overwhelmed; I was wonderstruck.
one who loves and defends his or her country
From this reading Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?
capable of happening or existing
From this reading “Is it possible the count can be a traitor?”
precisely, exactly
From this reading Celebrated patriot, celebrated hero of the _Coup d’État_,[29] right hand of Ekaterina?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?_ I was overwhelmed; I was wonderstruck.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The thought flew like lightning through my brain.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The thought flew like lightning through my brain.
someone who betrays his country by committing treason
From this reading _IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?_ I was overwhelmed; I was wonderstruck.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?_ I was overwhelmed; I was wonderstruck.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?_ I was overwhelmed; I was wonderstruck.
Chapter 11 of The Princess Tarakanova by G. P. (Grigorii Petrovich) Danilevskii holds 201 sentences, grouped into 41 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 11 holds 201 sentences of The Princess Tarakanova, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Princess Tarakanova by G. P. (Grigorii Petrovich) Danilevskii exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 201 sentences, grouped into 41 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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