Chapter 19 of The shooting party is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The shooting party is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying. .* * Here two lines are blotted out.—A. Ch. A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.
Chapter 19 of The shooting party is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “blot” — dry (ink) with blotting paper
From this reading “.* * Here two lines are blotted out.—A. Ch.”
the act of burning something
From this reading “A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.”
determine the number or amount of
From this reading “When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.”
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading “A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.”
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading “A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.”
set afire or burning
From this reading “A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.”
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “.* * Here two lines are blotted out.—A. Ch.”
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading “When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “.* * Here two lines are blotted out.—A. Ch.”
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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 .* * Here two lines are blotted out.—A. Ch.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading .* * Here two lines are blotted out.—A. Ch.
inflected form of “blot” — dry (ink) with blotting paper
From this reading .* * Here two lines are blotted out.—A. Ch.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.
the act of burning something
From this reading A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading .* * Here two lines are blotted out.—A. Ch.
determine the number or amount of
From this reading When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading .* * Here two lines are blotted out.—A. Ch.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.
set afire or burning
From this reading A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading .* * Here two lines are blotted out.—A. Ch.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading .* * Here two lines are blotted out.—A. Ch.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading .* * Here two lines are blotted out.—A. Ch.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A little blue lamp was burning in the room and faintly lighted up her face.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.
at the time that
From this reading When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.
in or at the place that
From this reading When I left the Count I went to the room where Olga was lying.
Chapter 19 of The shooting party by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 422 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.
Chapter 19 holds 422 sentences of The shooting party, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The shooting party by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 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.
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