Chapter 5 of Virgin Soil is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Virgin Soil is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Valentina Mihailovna sat up straight. “What do I hear? You opposed to the government, Monsieur Kollomietzev?” “I—not in the least! Never!
Chapter 5 of Virgin Soil is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
From this reading “You opposed to the government, Monsieur Kollomietzev?””
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading ““What do I hear?”
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading ““I—not in the least!”
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading “You opposed to the government, Monsieur Kollomietzev?””
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Never!”
being in opposition or having an opponent
From this reading “You opposed to the government, Monsieur Kollomietzev?””
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “Valentina Mihailovna sat up straight.”
successive (without a break)
From this reading “Valentina Mihailovna sat up straight.”
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used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do I hear?
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
From this reading You opposed to the government, Monsieur Kollomietzev?”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “What do I hear?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “What do I hear?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I—not in the least!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You opposed to the government, Monsieur Kollomietzev?”
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading “I—not in the least!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Valentina Mihailovna sat up straight.
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading You opposed to the government, Monsieur Kollomietzev?”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I—not in the least!
being in opposition or having an opponent
From this reading You opposed to the government, Monsieur Kollomietzev?”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Valentina Mihailovna sat up straight.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Valentina Mihailovna sat up straight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You opposed to the government, Monsieur Kollomietzev?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You opposed to the government, Monsieur Kollomietzev?”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Valentina Mihailovna sat up straight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Valentina Mihailovna sat up straight.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What do I hear?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You opposed to the government, Monsieur Kollomietzev?”
Chapter 5 of Virgin Soil by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev holds 215 sentences, grouped into 43 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 5 holds 215 sentences of Virgin Soil, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Virgin Soil by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 215 sentences, grouped into 43 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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