Chapter 7 of Youth is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Youth is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What has become of our DIPLOMAT?” Dubkoff was just saying. “Upon him now hang the fortunes of Europe.” “Oh, leave me alone,” I said, turning moodily away. Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
Chapter 7 of Youth is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.”
an official engaged in international negotiations
From this reading ““What has become of our DIPLOMAT?””
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading ““Upon him now hang the fortunes of Europe.””
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading ““Upon him now hang the fortunes of Europe.””
be suspended or hanging
From this reading ““Upon him now hang the fortunes of Europe.””
past form of “pace” — walk with slow or fast paces
From this reading “Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.”
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading ““Oh, leave me alone,” I said, turning moodily away.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
Having no one else present.
From this reading “Oh, leave me alone,” I said, turning moodily away.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Oh, leave me alone,” I said, turning moodily away.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “What has become of our DIPLOMAT?”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
an official engaged in international negotiations
From this reading “What has become of our DIPLOMAT?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dubkoff was just saying.
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading “Upon him now hang the fortunes of Europe.”
a boy or man
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “Upon him now hang the fortunes of Europe.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “Upon him now hang the fortunes of Europe.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What has become of our DIPLOMAT?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Upon him now hang the fortunes of Europe.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, leave me alone,” I said, turning moodily away.
and nothing more
From this reading Dubkoff was just saying.
go away from a place
From this reading “Oh, leave me alone,” I said, turning moodily away.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Oh, leave me alone,” I said, turning moodily away.
in a moody manner
From this reading “Oh, leave me alone,” I said, turning moodily away.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Upon him now hang the fortunes of Europe.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “What has become of our DIPLOMAT?”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, leave me alone,” I said, turning moodily away.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “What has become of our DIPLOMAT?”
past form of “pace” — walk with slow or fast paces
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Oh, leave me alone,” I said, turning moodily away.
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading Dubkoff was just saying.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Upon him now hang the fortunes of Europe.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then, as I paced the room, something made me begin to think that Dubkoff was not altogether a good fellow.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading “Oh, leave me alone,” I said, turning moodily away.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Upon him now hang the fortunes of Europe.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dubkoff was just saying.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What has become of our DIPLOMAT?”
Chapter 7 of Youth by Leo, graf Tolstoy holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 7 holds 129 sentences of Youth, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
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