Chapter 4 of Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It's a lot! If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known." "At the village?
Chapter 4 of Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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.
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading “If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."”
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading “"It's a lot!”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."”
in the near future
From this reading “If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."”
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading “"At the village?”
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 "It's a lot!
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "At the village?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a lot!
apprehended with certainty
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading "It's a lot!
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
in the near future
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If I had it, poor beggar that I am, I'd soon let it be known."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "At the village?
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading "At the village?
Chapter 4 of Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories by Maksim Gorky holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 4 holds 436 sentences of Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories by Maksim Gorky exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 88 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 4 can be played aloud in United States English.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
