Chapter 11 of The shooting party is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The shooting party is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head. I was pale and felt unwell.
Chapter 11 of The shooting party is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia
From this reading “Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.”
the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
From this reading “Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.”
put on clothes
From this reading “Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.”
the act of retaining something
From this reading “Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.”
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading “I was pale and felt unwell.”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.”
somewhat ill or prone to illness
From this reading “I was pale and felt unwell.”
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 “Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.”
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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 Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was pale and felt unwell.
in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
put on clothes
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I was pale and felt unwell.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
the act of retaining something
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
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From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
above and across; more than
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading I was pale and felt unwell.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Arrayed in a new dress suit, I stood behind Olenka, holding the crown over her head.
somewhat ill or prone to illness
From this reading I was pale and felt unwell.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was pale and felt unwell.
Chapter 11 of The shooting party by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 414 sentences of The shooting party, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The shooting party by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
Work through the 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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