Chapter 6 of The River of Life, and Other Stories is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The River of Life, and Other Stories is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘What do you want to know how to write your name for?’ ‘You see how it stands, sir.’ Yarmola answered with extraordinary softness. ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village. When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
Chapter 6 of The River of Life, and Other Stories is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a body serving in an administrative capacity
From this reading “When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....”
beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
From this reading “Yarmola answered with extraordinary softness.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....”
having a handwritten signature
From this reading “When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....”
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading “‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.”
the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
From this reading “Yarmola answered with extraordinary softness.”
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading “‘You see how it stands, sir.’”
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading “‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.”
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.
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In this reading “‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.”
In this reading “‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.”
In this reading “When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....”
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 ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading Yarmola answered with extraordinary softness.
any thing at all
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.
a body serving in an administrative capacity
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ‘What do you want to know how to write your name for?’
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
From this reading Yarmola answered with extraordinary softness.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘What do you want to know how to write your name for?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘What do you want to know how to write your name for?’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘You see how it stands, sir.’
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading ‘What do you want to know how to write your name for?’
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading ‘What do you want to know how to write your name for?’
no person; not anyone
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading ‘You see how it stands, sir.’
having a handwritten signature
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.
term of address for a man
From this reading ‘You see how it stands, sir.’
the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
From this reading Yarmola answered with extraordinary softness.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading ‘You see how it stands, sir.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.
in or at that place or location
From this reading ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘What do you want to know how to write your name for?’
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading ‘What do you want to know how to write your name for?’
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘What do you want to know how to write your name for?’
at the time that
From this reading When there’s a paper to be signed or some business to be done on the council or anything ... nobody can....
which person or people
From this reading ‘There isn’t a single man who can read and write in the village.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yarmola answered with extraordinary softness.
produce a literary work
From this reading ‘What do you want to know how to write your name for?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yarmola answered with extraordinary softness.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘What do you want to know how to write your name for?’
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘What do you want to know how to write your name for?’
Chapter 6 of The River of Life, and Other Stories by A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich) Kuprin holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 6 holds 429 sentences of The River of Life, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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