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At Fault

Chapter VI

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Context Illustration Reading 1/86 · 5 lines
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“You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”
“How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”
“The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
“Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?
Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?
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At Fault

Chapter VI

Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”
Line 2
“How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”
Line 3
“The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
Line 4
“Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?
Line 5
Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Fool noun US /fool/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading ““How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?””

Look noun US /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.””

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”

beau

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From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”

chile

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From this reading “Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?

dat

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From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”

de

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From this reading Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?

don

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From this reading Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?

don't

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From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

ef

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From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”

foolnounUS /fool/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?

get

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From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

going

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From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”

gwine

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From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”

heah

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From this reading “Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?

henda

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From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”

How

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From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”

I'm

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From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”

I'se

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From this reading “Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

like

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From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

live

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From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

LooknounUS /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?

married

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From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”

mustn't

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From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?

others

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From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

red

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From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

Religion

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From this reading Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?

religious

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From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”

say

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From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”

t'inks

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From this reading “Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

things

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From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”

turning

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From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

very

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From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

whar

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From this reading Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?

word

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From this reading Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?

world

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From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”

you'se

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From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”