Chapter 3 of Verotchka's Tales is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Verotchka's Tales is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"That's right," shouted the crowd in chorus. "Let them make up." "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep. "Then everybody will be satisfied." "Splendid!" all shouted their approval.
Chapter 3 of Verotchka's Tales is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 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.
the formal act of approving
From this reading “"Splendid!" all shouted their approval.”
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading “"That's right," shouted the crowd in chorus.”
the outer layer of the Earth
From this reading “"As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.”
provide as food
From this reading “"As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.”
filled with satisfaction
From this reading “"Then everybody will be satisfied."”
hunt or shoot snipe
From this reading “"As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.”
having great beauty and splendor
From this reading “"Splendid!" all shouted their approval.”
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading “"As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.”
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.
form or compose
In this reading “"Let them make up."”
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 "Splendid!" all shouted their approval.
the formal act of approving
From this reading "Splendid!" all shouted their approval.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Then everybody will be satisfied."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading "That's right," shouted the crowd in chorus.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading "That's right," shouted the crowd in chorus.
the outer layer of the Earth
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
recognizable; marked
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
every person
From this reading "Then everybody will be satisfied."
provide as food
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "That's right," shouted the crowd in chorus.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let them make up."
engage in
From this reading "Let them make up."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "That's right," shouted the crowd in chorus.
filled with satisfaction
From this reading "Then everybody will be satisfied."
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "That's right," shouted the crowd in chorus.
hunt or shoot snipe
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
having great beauty and splendor
From this reading "Splendid!" all shouted their approval.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's right," shouted the crowd in chorus.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "That's right," shouted the crowd in chorus.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "Splendid!" all shouted their approval.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Let them make up."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then everybody will be satisfied."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Let them make up."
which person or people
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading "As for the snipe who worked to get the worm, I will feed him with my crust," decided the Chimney-Sweep.
Chapter 3 of Verotchka's Tales by D. N. (Dmitrii Narkisovich) Mamin-Siberiak holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 3 holds 431 sentences of Verotchka's Tales, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Verotchka's Tales by D. N. (Dmitrii Narkisovich) Mamin-Siberiak exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
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