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Chapter IV
“They’re fools, your Germans....” It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval. He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.” I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.” The dinner goes yet more wearily than in winter.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.””
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.””
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.””
but in spite of that
From this reading “The dinner goes yet more wearily than in winter.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.”
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From this reading He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
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From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dinner goes yet more wearily than in winter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’re fools, your Germans....”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’re fools, your Germans....”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dinner goes yet more wearily than in winter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The dinner goes yet more wearily than in winter.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dinner goes yet more wearily than in winter.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The dinner goes yet more wearily than in winter.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’re fools, your Germans....”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dinner goes yet more wearily than in winter.
at the time that
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He got angry with the water, which was very cold, and swore about “These scoundrelly Germans.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I behave badly to Piotr Ignatievich; and it’s only when he is going away and I see through the window his grey hat disappearing behind the garden fence, that I want to call him back and say: “Forgive me, my dear fellow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dinner goes yet more wearily than in winter.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It’s like the late Professor Nikita Krylov when he was bathing with Pirogov at Reval.
but in spite of that
From this reading The dinner goes yet more wearily than in winter.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “They’re fools, your Germans....”
