Chapter 6 of At Fault is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of At Fault is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“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?
Chapter 6 of At Fault is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a man who is the lover of a man or woman
From this reading ““How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?””
a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
From this reading ““Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?”
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading ““How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?””
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading ““The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.””
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading ““Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?”
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading “Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?”
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading ““You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.””
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading ““The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.””
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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.”
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.”
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.”
a man who is the lover of a man or woman
From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”
a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
From this reading “Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
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From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
the act of departing
From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”
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From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”
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?”
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From this reading “Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?
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.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?
joined in matrimony
From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
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.”
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From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
not any; not one
From this reading Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”
express in words
From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Look heah, chile, you t’inks I’se fool?
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.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “You mustn’t say such things to me; I’m going to be a religious.”
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.”
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
precisely as stated
From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Religion--no religion, whar you gwine live ef you don’ live in de word?
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “The religious never get married,” turning very red, “and don’t live in the world like others.”
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.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How dat gwine henda you have a beau ef you’se religious?”
Chapter 6 of At Fault by Kate Chopin holds 428 sentences, grouped into 86 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 428 sentences of At Fault, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of At Fault by Kate Chopin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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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