Chapter 6 of The Wife, and Other Stories is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Wife, and Other Stories is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table. “Who asks him to worry himself? I didn’t ask him to.... Damn him!” “They have arrested three men and let them go again.
Chapter 6 of The Wife, and Other Stories is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “arrest” — take into custody
From this reading ““They have arrested three men and let them go again.”
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading “I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.”
third-person singular of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading ““Who asks him to worry himself?”
used as expletives
From this reading “Damn him!””
suffering from tissue death
From this reading “I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.”
to an unbearable degree
From this reading “I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.”
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading “I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.”
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading ““Who asks him to worry himself?”
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anew
From this reading “They have arrested three men and let them go again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.
past form of “arrest” — take into custody
From this reading “They have arrested three men and let them go again.
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I didn’t ask him to....
third-person singular of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Who asks him to worry himself?
used as expletives
From this reading Damn him!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I didn’t ask him to....
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “They have arrested three men and let them go again.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “They have arrested three men and let them go again.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Who asks him to worry himself?
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Who asks him to worry himself?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “They have arrested three men and let them go again.
the force of workers available
From this reading “They have arrested three men and let them go again.
suffering from tissue death
From this reading I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “They have arrested three men and let them go again.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They have arrested three men and let them go again.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “They have arrested three men and let them go again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Who asks him to worry himself?
to an unbearable degree
From this reading I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading I suddenly felt unbearably ashamed and mortified, and I walked round the table.
which person or people
From this reading “Who asks him to worry himself?
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading “Who asks him to worry himself?
Chapter 6 of The Wife, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 182 sentences of The Wife, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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