The Witch and Other Stories (Webster's Thesaurus Edition) by Anton Chekhov

By Anton Chekhov

There are lots of variations of The Witch and different tales. This academic version used to be created for self-improvement or in instruction for complicated examinations. the ground of every web page is annotated with a mini-thesaurus of unusual phrases highlighted within the textual content, together with synonyms and antonyms. Designed for college districts, educators, and scholars looking to maximize functionality on standardized checks, Webster’s paperbacks reap the benefits of the truth that classics are usually assigned readings. A working glossary on the backside of every web page turns out to be useful to scholars who're actively construction their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT® or related examinations. This variation exposes the reader to a greatest variety of “difficult, and infrequently encountered” phrases in examinations. instead of offer a unmarried synonym, many are supplied for a number of meanings, permitting readers to raised take hold of the anomaly of the English language, and stay away from utilizing the notes as a natural crutch. Having the reader decipher a word’s that means inside of context serves to enhance vocabulary retention and figuring out. every one web page covers phrases no longer already highlighted on earlier pages. PSAT® is a registered trademark of the school front exam Board and the nationwide advantage Scholarship company neither of which sponsors or endorses this ebook; SAT® is a registered trademark of the varsity Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this booklet; GRE®, AP® and complicated Placement® are registered emblems of the tutorial checking out provider which neither sponsors nor endorses this ebook, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate administration Admissions Council that is neither affiliated with this publication nor endorses this e-book, LSAT® is a registered trademark of the legislation college Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses this product. All rights reserved.

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Crooked: (adj) bent, corrupt, dishonest, bundling, fill, pad, pack, scurfy. curved, unfair, deformed; (adj, n, v) viper: (n) adder, snake, asp, cerastes, envelopment, wadding, wrap, awry; (adj, v) irregular, askew, wry, backpacking. reptile, horned viper, asp viper, indirect. ANTONYMS: (adj) straight, reins: (n) bridle, Reins of a vault, reins basilisk, beast, brute, cockatrice. wretchedness: (n) unhappiness, grief, honest, principled, even, aboveboard, of government, wheel, gearshift, lawful, level, moral, flat, aligned, joystick, pedals, potency, power, distress, desolation, woe, sorrow, honorable.

Wink: (n, v) twinkle, blink, flash; (n) instant, twinkling, trice; (v) sparkle, nictitate, flicker, nictate, leer. 44 The Witch and Other Stories Elena Ivanovna looked at the huts as though she were selecting one, and then stopped at the very poorest, at the windows of which there were so many children's heads -- flaxen, red, and dark. % "This is for your children," said Elena Ivanovna, and she gave her three roubles. Stepanida suddenly burst into tears and bowed down to the ground. Rodion, too, flopped to the ground, displaying his brownish bald head, and as he did so he almost caught his wife in the ribs with the fork.

Wo . . you devils! The student, violently shaken, bent forward and tried to find something to catch hold of so as to keep his balance and save himself from being thrown out, but the leather mail bags were slippery, and the driver, whose belt the student tried to catch at, was himself tossed up and down and seemed every moment on the point of flying out. Through the rattle of the wheels and the creaking of the cart they heard the sword fall with a clank on the ground, then a little later something fell with two heavy thuds behind the mail cart.

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