Chapter 4 of Bertram Cope's Year is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Bertram Cope's Year is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"And you are to bring him." "Him?" "Bertram Cope." "Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days. And now you're asking me to give him sixteen."
Chapter 4 of Bertram Cope's Year is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the verbal act of requesting
From this reading “And now you're asking me to give him sixteen."”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “"And you are to bring him."”
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
From this reading “"Bertram Cope."”
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading “"Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.”
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading “"Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading “"Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.”
being one more than fifteen
From this reading “And now you're asking me to give him sixteen."”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “"Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And you are to bring him."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "And you are to bring him."
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading And now you're asking me to give him sixteen."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Bertram Cope."
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "And you are to bring him."
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
From this reading "Bertram Cope."
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading "Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading And now you're asking me to give him sixteen."
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading "Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "And you are to bring him."
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading "Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And now you're asking me to give him sixteen."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now you're asking me to give him sixteen."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading "Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.
being one more than fifteen
From this reading And now you're asking me to give him sixteen."
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading "Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And you are to bring him."
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading "Why, I've given him six hours within two or three days.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And you are to bring him."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And now you're asking me to give him sixteen."
Chapter 4 of Bertram Cope's Year by Henry Blake Fuller holds 429 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 4 holds 429 sentences of Bertram Cope's Year, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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