Skip to content
Language through
Literature
Your first pageRussian · Language through Literature

Language through Literature

The Student


Лукерья оставила ложки и устремила неподвижный взгляд на студента.

Tap any word.

Show the English

Lukerya put down the spoons and fixed a motionless gaze on the student.

Read aloud

The words in this sentence

Луке́рья
Lukerya (name)
оста́вила
she left (behind) (past f) — оставить
ло́жки
spoon (gen sg or nom/acc pl of ложка) — ложка
и
and; also, even
устреми́ла
she fixed, directed (past f) — устремить
неподви́жный
motionless (m nom sg)
взгляд
look, glance; view (nom/acc sg)
на
on, onto; at
студе́нта
student (gen/acc sg) — студент

А. П. Чехов, «Студент», 1894 · sentence 29 of 52

This is one sentence of «Студент» — 52 sentences long, and the whole story reads like this: every word glossed where it stands, the English out of your eyeline until you ask for it. Free, no account.

Open «Студент» in the reader Read it whole, English under every line

Some complete works are free without an account in the interactive reader; other books offer free openings. Free lesson samples are also available. A free account keeps your saved words and progress across devices. Free reading and membership.