Chapter VI
July 10. I have just been through some surprising ordeals. Undoubtedly I must be mad! And yet! On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
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July
10.
I
have
just
been
through
some
surprising
ordeals.
Undoubtedly
I
must
be
mad!
And
yet!
On
July
6,
before
going
to
bed,
I
put
some
wine,
milk,
water,
bread,
and
strawberries
on
my
table.
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A Selection from the Writings of Guy De Maupassant, Vol. I
Chapter VI
Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
July
10.
Line 2
I
have
just
been
through
some
surprising
ordeals.
Line 3
Undoubtedly
I
must
be
mad!
Line 4
And
yet!
/ənd jet/
Line 5
On
July
6,
before
going
to
bed,
I
put
some
wine,
milk,
water,
bread,
and
strawberries
on
my
table.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Been
auxiliary verb
US /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I have just been through some surprising ordeals.”
Before
preposition
US /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have just been through some surprising ordeals.”
Must
modal verb
US /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Undoubtedly I must be mad!”
Through
noun
US /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I have just been through some surprising ordeals.”
Yet
conjunction
US /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “And yet!”
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10
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6
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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And yet!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Undoubtedly I must be mad!
bed
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From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have just been through some surprising ordeals.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
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bread
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going
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have just been through some surprising ordeals.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have just been through some surprising ordeals.
July
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just
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mad
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milk
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mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Undoubtedly I must be mad!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
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OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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ordeals
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put
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some
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strawberries
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surprising
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table
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throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I have just been through some surprising ordeals.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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Undoubtedly
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water
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wine
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yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet!