Chapter 3 of The Witch, and Other Stories is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Witch, and Other Stories is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?” Dyudya asked the traveller. “No; adopted. An orphan. I took him for my soul’s salvation.”
Chapter 3 of The Witch, and Other Stories is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
acquired as your own by free choice
From this reading ““No; adopted.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Dyudya asked the traveller.”
a boy or man
From this reading ““The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?””
a child who has lost both parents
From this reading “An orphan.”
(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
From this reading “I took him for my soul’s salvation.””
a male human offspring
From this reading ““The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?””
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading ““The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?””
a person who changes location
From this reading “Dyudya asked the traveller.”
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acquired as your own by free choice
From this reading “No; adopted.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An orphan.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Dyudya asked the traveller.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?”
a boy or man
From this reading “The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dyudya asked the traveller.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I took him for my soul’s salvation.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I took him for my soul’s salvation.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I took him for my soul’s salvation.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I took him for my soul’s salvation.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No; adopted.
a child who has lost both parents
From this reading An orphan.
(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
From this reading I took him for my soul’s salvation.”
a male human offspring
From this reading “The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I took him for my soul’s salvation.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?”
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading I took him for my soul’s salvation.”
a person who changes location
From this reading Dyudya asked the traveller.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “The little chap will be your son, I’m thinking?”
Chapter 3 of The Witch, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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 3 holds 196 sentences of The Witch, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Witch, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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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