Chapter 12 of The Witch, and Other Stories is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Witch, and Other Stories is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I begin to guess.... Yes.... I understand it all perfectly now.” “What do you understand, Pavel Ivanitch?” “I’ll tell you....
Chapter 12 of The Witch, and Other Stories is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading ““I begin to guess....”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading ““I begin to guess....”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “I understand it all perfectly now.””
express in words
From this reading ““I’ll tell you....”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “I understand it all perfectly now.””
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes....”
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.
(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 I understand it all perfectly now.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “I begin to guess....
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do you understand, Pavel Ivanitch?”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “I begin to guess....
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I begin to guess....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll tell you....
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I understand it all perfectly now.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What do you understand, Pavel Ivanitch?”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I understand it all perfectly now.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What do you understand, Pavel Ivanitch?”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading I understand it all perfectly now.”
express in words
From this reading “I’ll tell you....
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I begin to guess....
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading I understand it all perfectly now.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What do you understand, Pavel Ivanitch?”
an affirmative
From this reading Yes....
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What do you understand, Pavel Ivanitch?”
Chapter 12 of The Witch, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov holds 186 sentences, grouped into 38 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 12 holds 186 sentences of The Witch, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Witch, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 186 sentences, grouped into 38 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 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 38 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 381 minutes of reading across 916 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Witch, and Other Stories section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Witch, and Other Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
