Chapter 7 of The Village is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Village is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Does he bite?” shouted Kuzma. “He’s savage--there’s no taming him!” Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard. “He jumps at the horses’ muzzles.” And Kuzma burst out laughing with pleasure.
Chapter 7 of The Village is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading “Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.”
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading ““Does he bite?” shouted Kuzma.”
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading “Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.”
plural of “jump” — a sudden and decisive increase
From this reading ““He jumps at the horses’ muzzles.””
plural of “muzzle” — the open circular discharging end of a gun
From this reading ““He jumps at the horses’ muzzles.””
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading ““He’s savage--there’s no taming him!””
having an oblique or slanted direction
From this reading “Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.”
-ing form of “tame” — correct by punishment or discipline
From this reading ““He’s savage--there’s no taming him!””
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.
give sudden release to an expression
In this reading “And Kuzma burst out laughing with pleasure.”
In this reading “Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.”
In this reading “And Kuzma burst out laughing with pleasure.”
In this reading ““He jumps at the horses’ muzzles.””
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Kuzma burst out laughing with pleasure.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “He jumps at the horses’ muzzles.”
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading “Does he bite?” shouted Kuzma.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading And Kuzma burst out laughing with pleasure.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Does he bite?” shouted Kuzma.
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Does he bite?” shouted Kuzma.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s savage--there’s no taming him!”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He’s savage--there’s no taming him!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “He jumps at the horses’ muzzles.”
plural of “jump” — a sudden and decisive increase
From this reading “He jumps at the horses’ muzzles.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Does he bite?” shouted Kuzma.
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading And Kuzma burst out laughing with pleasure.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.
plural of “muzzle” — the open circular discharging end of a gun
From this reading “He jumps at the horses’ muzzles.”
not any; not one
From this reading “He’s savage--there’s no taming him!”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading And Kuzma burst out laughing with pleasure.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading And Kuzma burst out laughing with pleasure.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
From this reading Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading “He’s savage--there’s no taming him!”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “Does he bite?” shouted Kuzma.
having an oblique or slanted direction
From this reading Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.
-ing form of “tame” — correct by punishment or discipline
From this reading “He’s savage--there’s no taming him!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “He jumps at the horses’ muzzles.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s savage--there’s no taming him!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And Kuzma burst out laughing with pleasure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yakoff made haste to reply, as he raised his slanting beard.
Chapter 7 of The Village by Ivan Alekseevich Bunin holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 7 holds 434 sentences of The Village, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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