Chapter 13 of The Wife, and Other Stories is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of The Wife, and Other Stories is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The doctor says nothing. I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat. “Why is it you all come to me?” I cry angrily. “Do I keep a shop?
Chapter 13 of The Wife, and Other Stories is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
with anger
From this reading “I cry angrily.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “I cry angrily.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “The doctor says nothing.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.”
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.”
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading “I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.”
do one's shopping
From this reading ““Do I keep a shop?”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.
(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 “Why is it you all come to me?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.
with anger
From this reading I cry angrily.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Why is it you all come to me?”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I cry angrily.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do I keep a shop?
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The doctor says nothing.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Why is it you all come to me?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Why is it you all come to me?”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Do I keep a shop?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Why is it you all come to me?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The doctor says nothing.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading The doctor says nothing.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.
do one's shopping
From this reading “Do I keep a shop?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doctor says nothing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Why is it you all come to me?”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I fly into a rage and jump up from my seat.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why is it you all come to me?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why is it you all come to me?”
Chapter 13 of The Wife, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 208 sentences, grouped into 42 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 13 holds 208 sentences of The Wife, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Wife, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 208 sentences, grouped into 42 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 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 13 can be played aloud in United States English.
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About 364 minutes of reading across 875 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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