Chapter 6 of The Witch, and Other Stories is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Witch, and Other Stories is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He turned and went away. The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away. Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said: “We must pay. ‘Repay in coin, my friends’... he said.”
Chapter 6 of The Witch, and Other Stories is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cap” — a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.”
make up
From this reading “‘Repay in coin, my friends’... he said.””
past form of “heave” — utter a sound, as with obvious effort
From this reading “Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:”
plural of “peasant” — a country person
From this reading “The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:”
pay back
From this reading “‘Repay in coin, my friends’... he said.””
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:”
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading “Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:”
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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 The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He turned and went away.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He turned and went away.
plural of “cap” — a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.
make up
From this reading ‘Repay in coin, my friends’... he said.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading ‘Repay in coin, my friends’... he said.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned and went away.
past form of “heave” — utter a sound, as with obvious effort
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.
for more time
From this reading The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must pay.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘Repay in coin, my friends’... he said.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “We must pay.
plural of “peasant” — a country person
From this reading The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.
pay back
From this reading ‘Repay in coin, my friends’... he said.”
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From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned and went away.
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading The peasants stood a little longer, put on their caps and walked away.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We must pay.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He turned and went away.
which person or people
From this reading Rodion, who always understood everything that was said to him in some peculiar way of his own, heaved a sigh and said:
Chapter 6 of The Witch, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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.
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