Meaning of азбука | Babel Free

Definitions

1. alphabet (the set of letters used when writing in a language)
2. ABC book, primer (a children's book intended to teach literacy)
3. ABC, basics (the fundamentals of any subject)

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Examples

“After receiving the charge with every mark of derision, the pupils formed in line and buzzingly passed a ragged book from hand to hand. The book had an alphabet in it, some figures and tables, and a little spelling,—that is to say, it had had once.”

After receiving this reward with every mark of derision, the pupils formed in line and buzzingly passed a ragged book from hand to hand. The book had an alphabet in it, a multiplication table, and a little spelling,—that is to say, it had had once.

“With an alphabet on the hearth at my feet for reference, I contrived in an hour or two to print and smear this epistle:—“MI DEER JO i OPE U R KRWITE WELL [...].””

With an ABC book on the hearth at my feet for reference, I contrived in an hour or two to scribble the following epistle in block letters:—“MI DEER JO i OPE U R KRWITE WELL ….”

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