Chapter 6 of A Selection from the Writings of Guy De is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of A Selection from the Writings of Guy De is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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.
Chapter 6 of A Selection from the Writings of Guy De is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading “On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.”
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading “July 10.”
roused to anger
From this reading “Undoubtedly I must be mad!”
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading “On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.”
plural of “ordeal” — a severe or trying experience
From this reading “I have just been through some surprising ordeals.”
plural of “strawberry” — sweet fleshy red fruit
From this reading “On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.”
causing surprise or wonder or amazement
From this reading “I have just been through some surprising ordeals.”
without doubt; certainly
From this reading “Undoubtedly I must be mad!”
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From this reading July 10.
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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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And yet!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Undoubtedly I must be mad!
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have just been through some surprising ordeals.
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.
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
the act of departing
From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have just been through some surprising ordeals.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have just been through some surprising ordeals.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading July 10.
and nothing more
From this reading I have just been through some surprising ordeals.
roused to anger
From this reading Undoubtedly I must be mad!
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Undoubtedly I must be mad!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
plural of “ordeal” — a severe or trying experience
From this reading I have just been through some surprising ordeals.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I have just been through some surprising ordeals.
plural of “strawberry” — sweet fleshy red fruit
From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
causing surprise or wonder or amazement
From this reading I have just been through some surprising ordeals.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading I have just been through some surprising ordeals.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
without doubt; certainly
From this reading Undoubtedly I must be mad!
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading On July 6, before going to bed, I put some wine, milk, water, bread, and strawberries on my table.
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet!
Chapter 6 of A Selection from the Writings of Guy De by Guy de Maupassant holds 176 sentences, grouped into 36 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 6 holds 176 sentences of A Selection from the Writings of Guy De, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of A Selection from the Writings of Guy De by Guy de Maupassant exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 176 sentences, grouped into 36 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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