Chapter 8 of Three Men: A Novel is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Three Men: A Novel is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Where are you working now?" asked Ilya. "In a printing works again," said Pavel, gloomily. "Hard work?" "Oh, no; more play than work." Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
Chapter 8 of Three Men: A Novel is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
aggressively self-assured
From this reading “Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.”
with gloom
From this reading “"In a printing works again," said Pavel, gloomily.”
text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading “"In a printing works again," said Pavel, gloomily.”
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading “Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.”
not clearly expressed or understood
From this reading “Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.”
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading “"Where are you working now?" asked Ilya.”
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading “"In a printing works again," said Pavel, gloomily.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "In a printing works again," said Pavel, gloomily.
anew
From this reading "In a printing works again," said Pavel, gloomily.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Where are you working now?" asked Ilya.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Where are you working now?" asked Ilya.
aggressively self-assured
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
with gloom
From this reading "In a printing works again," said Pavel, gloomily.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading "Hard work?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Where are you working now?" asked Ilya.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "In a printing works again," said Pavel, gloomily.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Oh, no; more play than work."
not any; not one
From this reading "Oh, no; more play than work."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Where are you working now?" asked Ilya.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, no; more play than work."
on one occasion
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "In a printing works again," said Pavel, gloomily.
participate in games or sport
From this reading "Oh, no; more play than work."
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading "In a printing works again," said Pavel, gloomily.
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "In a printing works again," said Pavel, gloomily.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "Oh, no; more play than work."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
not clearly expressed or understood
From this reading Ilya felt a vague pleasure to see Pashka, once so gay and assertive, now sad and careworn.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where are you working now?" asked Ilya.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading "Hard work?"
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading "Where are you working now?" asked Ilya.
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading "In a printing works again," said Pavel, gloomily.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Where are you working now?" asked Ilya.
Chapter 8 of Three Men: A Novel by Maksim Gorky holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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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