Chapter 2 of Through Russia is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Through Russia is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Ah! Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church." "Very well. Then you know what I am. Now I will go and fetch some water."
Chapter 2 of Through Russia is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
in addition
From this reading “Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."”
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading “Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."”
go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading “Now I will go and fetch some water."”
possessive form of “priest” — a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading “Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."”
a male human offspring
From this reading “Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."”
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading “Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “Now I will go and fetch some water."”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “"Very well.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ah!
in addition
From this reading Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Then you know what I am.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now I will go and fetch some water."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."
go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading Now I will go and fetch some water."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Now I will go and fetch some water."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then you know what I am.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Then you know what I am.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now I will go and fetch some water."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."
possessive form of “priest” — a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Now I will go and fetch some water."
a male human offspring
From this reading Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then you know what I am.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Very well.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our priest's son also was a student, but a student for the Church."
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Now I will go and fetch some water."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Very well.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Then you know what I am.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Now I will go and fetch some water."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then you know what I am.
Chapter 2 of Through Russia by Maksim Gorky holds 185 sentences, grouped into 37 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 2 holds 185 sentences of Through Russia, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Through Russia by Maksim Gorky exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 37 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 2 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.
Common questions about reading Through Russia by Maksim Gorky on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 5371 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2288 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #2288, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 447 minutes of reading across 1075 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Through Russia section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 30 chapters of Through Russia to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Through Russia, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
