Chapter 22 of Baboe Dalima is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Baboe Dalima is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PARENTS v. DAUGHTER; DUTY v. AUTHORITY. Yes, if Anna would but consent! But, that was the very thing she would not do.
Chapter 22 of Baboe Dalima is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading “Yes, if Anna would but consent!”
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
From this reading “AUTHORITY.”
permission to do something
From this reading “Yes, if Anna would but consent!”
a female human offspring
From this reading “DAUGHTER; DUTY v.”
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading “DAUGHTER; DUTY v.”
plural of “parent” — a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
From this reading “PARENTS v.”
a special situation
From this reading “But, that was the very thing she would not do.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, if Anna would but consent!”
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a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading Yes, if Anna would but consent!
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
From this reading AUTHORITY.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Yes, if Anna would but consent!
permission to do something
From this reading Yes, if Anna would but consent!
a female human offspring
From this reading DAUGHTER; DUTY v.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But, that was the very thing she would not do.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading DAUGHTER; DUTY v.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Yes, if Anna would but consent!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But, that was the very thing she would not do.
plural of “parent” — a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
From this reading PARENTS v.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But, that was the very thing she would not do.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But, that was the very thing she would not do.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But, that was the very thing she would not do.
a special situation
From this reading But, that was the very thing she would not do.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading PARENTS v.
precisely as stated
From this reading But, that was the very thing she would not do.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But, that was the very thing she would not do.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Yes, if Anna would but consent!
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, if Anna would but consent!
Chapter 22 of Baboe Dalima by M. T. H. (Michael Theophile Hubert) Perelaer holds 326 sentences, grouped into 66 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 22 holds 326 sentences of Baboe Dalima, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of Baboe Dalima by M. T. H. (Michael Theophile Hubert) Perelaer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 326 sentences, grouped into 66 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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