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Three Men: A Novel
Three Men: A Novel

Chapter XXII

Chapter 22 of Three Men: A Novel is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."
"You know nothing!" answered Vyera.
She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:
"I told you nothing, you yourself have made it all up!"
Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:
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Three Men: A Novel

Chapter XXII

Chapter 22 of Three Men: A Novel is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/76 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."
Line 2
"You know nothing!" answered Vyera.
Line 3
She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:
/ʃiː tɜːrnd hɜːr hed təˈwɔːrdz hɪm ənd ˈlʊkɪŋ æt hɪm ˈstɜːrnli went ɑːn ˈæŋɡrəli/
Line 4
"I told you nothing, you yourself have made it all up!"
/aɪ toʊld juː ˈnʌθɪŋ juː jərˈself hæv meɪd ɪt ɔːl ʌp/
Line 5
Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:
/hɜːr aɪz ɡlænst ˈkwɪkli ˈoʊvər ðə ˈɑːdiəns ðen ʃiː tɜːrnd bæk tuː ðə ˈdʒʌdʒɪz ənd æskt wɪð ə ˈmuːvmənt ʌv hɜːr hed təˈwɔːrdz hɜːr dɪˈfendər/

Learner Dictionary

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.

angrily adverb US /ˈæŋɡrəli/

with anger

From this reading “She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:”

audience noun US /ˈɑːdiəns/

a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

From this reading “Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:”

correct verb US /kərˈekt/

make right or correct

From this reading “"H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."”

defender noun US /dɪˈfendər/

a person who cares for persons or property

From this reading “Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:”

glanced verb US /ɡlænst/

past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at

From this reading “Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:”

judges noun US /ˈdʒʌdʒɪz/

a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges

From this reading “Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:”

movement noun US /ˈmuːvmənt/

a change of position that does not entail a change of location

From this reading “Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:”

sternly adverb US /ˈstɜːrnli/

with sternness; in a severe manner

From this reading “She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

glanced quickly verb + particle counted as “glance quickly”

In this reading “Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:”

went on verb + particle counted as “go on”

continue a certain state, condition, or activity

In this reading “She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:”

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Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 told you nothing, you yourself have made it all up!"

altogetheradverbUS /ˌɔːltəˈɡeðər/

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading "H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

angrilyadverbUS /ˈæŋɡrəli/

with anger

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

answeredverbUS /ˈænsərd/

past form of “answer” — react verbally

From this reading "You know nothing!" answered Vyera.

askedverbUS /æskt/

past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

audiencenounUS /ˈɑːdiəns/

a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

backadverbUS /bæk/

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

correctverbUS /kərˈekt/

make right or correct

From this reading "H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."

defendernounUS /dɪˈfendər/

a person who cares for persons or property

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

eyesnounUS /aɪz/

opinion or judgment

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

glancedverbUS /ɡlænst/

past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

H'm

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "I told you nothing, you yourself have made it all up!"

headnounUS /hed/

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "I told you nothing, you yourself have made it all up!"

judgesnounUS /ˈdʒʌdʒɪz/

a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

knowverbUS /noʊ/

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading "H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."

lookingnounUS /ˈlʊkɪŋ/

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading "I told you nothing, you yourself have made it all up!"

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."

movementnounUS /ˈmuːvmənt/

a change of position that does not entail a change of location

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading "You know nothing!" answered Vyera.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

quicklyadverbUS /ˈkwɪkli/

with speed

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading "H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

sternlyadverbUS /ˈstɜːrnli/

with sternness; in a severe manner

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

that's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

toldverbUS /toʊld/

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading "H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."

towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

turnedadjectiveUS /tɜːrnd/

moved around an axis or center

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading "I told you nothing, you yourself have made it all up!"

Vyera

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "You know nothing!" answered Vyera.

wentverbUS /went/

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading She turned her head towards him, and looking at him sternly, went on angrily:

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Her eyes glanced quickly over the audience, then she turned back to the judges and asked with a movement of her head towards her defender:

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "H'm, that's not altogether correct; you see, I know, you told me."

yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading "I told you nothing, you yourself have made it all up!"

Chapter 22 of Three Men: A Novel by Maksim Gorky holds 382 sentences, grouped into 77 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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