Chapter 5 of Youth is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Youth is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I have not prepared this,” I said. “Oh! Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you? Indeed? No, no; translate me that.”
Chapter 5 of Youth is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
react verbally
From this reading “Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?”
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading “Indeed?”
made ready or fit or suitable beforehand
From this reading ““I have not prepared this,” I said.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?”
restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading “No, no; translate me that.””
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?”
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react verbally
From this reading Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have not prepared this,” I said.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have not prepared this,” I said.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Indeed?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No, no; translate me that.”
not any; not one
From this reading No, no; translate me that.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I have not prepared this,” I said.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh!
and nothing more
From this reading Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?
made ready or fit or suitable beforehand
From this reading “I have not prepared this,” I said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I have not prepared this,” I said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No, no; translate me that.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I have not prepared this,” I said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?
restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading No, no; translate me that.”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?
hope for; have a wish
From this reading Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then you only wish to answer things which you have got by heart, do you?
Chapter 5 of Youth by Leo, graf Tolstoy holds 136 sentences, grouped into 28 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 5 holds 136 sentences of Youth, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Youth by Leo, graf Tolstoy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 136 sentences, grouped into 28 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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About 195 minutes of reading across 471 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Youth, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
