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Read “Dracula” by Bram Stoker in English. Tap any word for its meaning, hear how it sounds, and save it to a memory-driven review schedule.
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DICTIONARY
TRANSLATION
apreciar, atesorar
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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The opening
How “Dracula” begins
3 May.
Bistritz. —Left Munich at 8:35 p.m. , on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.
Budapest seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through the streets.
I feared to go very far from the station, as we had arrived late and would start as near the correct time as possible.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 22 words you will meet most often in “Dracula” at level B2 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- soul
- wolf
- castle
- evidently
- trust
- fellow
- strike
- rush
- dare
- somewhat
- shock
- moonlight
- mist
- bear
- shadow
- nay
- terror
- seek
- master
- sweep
- pause
- pause
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Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “Dracula”
How much of each kind of grammar “Dracula” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Perfect tenses
- Relative clauses
- Modal verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- Passive voice
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Reported speech
- Conditionals
Constructions to look for
- try to do I shall try to run over to see you, dearest, if only for a few minutes.
- Phrasal verbs with 'out' (find out, carry out, work out) We got a bath and carried Lucy out as she was and placed her in it.
- Present perfect continuous “I have been thinking, and have made up my mind as to what is best.
Counted the way the Reader shows it: one card per construction in a sentence. Open the book in the Reader and tap a highlighted phrase to see the rule.
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Grammar in context
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About the book
Why Dracula is a great book to read in English
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