Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The shooting party is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“All right! Enough, enough.
The shooting party
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The shooting party is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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“All
right!
Enough,
enough.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
The shooting party
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The shooting party is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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“All
right!
/ɔːl raɪt/
Line 2
Enough,
enough.
/ɪˈnʌf ɪˈnʌf/
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Learner Dictionary
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All words in this reading · 3
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(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 “All right!
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Enough, enough.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right!
Chapter 8 of The shooting party by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
What does chapter 8 of The shooting party contain?
Chapter 8 holds 421 sentences of The shooting party, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The shooting party by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
How do I study chapter 8 of The shooting party?
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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Questions about reading The shooting party
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Is this the complete text of The shooting party?
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Project Gutenberg eBook #73729, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The shooting party take to read?
About 600 minutes of reading across 1904 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The shooting party
Words and structures a reader meets early in The shooting party, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Chekhov's
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The shooting party; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Works
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- Probably
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- Never
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