Chapter 30 of Bonaventure is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Bonaventure is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HE ASKS HER AGAIN. Claude and his father left the next day,--Saturday. Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone. As they were going he said very privately to Claude: "I'll be with you day after to-morrow.
Chapter 30 of Bonaventure is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “HE ASKS HER AGAIN.”
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.”
the act of departing
From this reading “As they were going he said very privately to Claude:”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “Claude and his father left the next day,--Saturday.”
kept private or confined to those intimately concerned
From this reading “As they were going he said very privately to Claude:”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “Claude and his father left the next day,--Saturday.”
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading “Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.
later than; following
From this reading "I'll be with you day after to-morrow.
anew
From this reading HE ASKS HER AGAIN.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Claude and his father left the next day,--Saturday.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As they were going he said very privately to Claude:
third-person singular of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading HE ASKS HER AGAIN.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I'll be with you day after to-morrow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Claude and his father left the next day,--Saturday.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Claude and his father left the next day,--Saturday.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Claude and his father left the next day,--Saturday.
the act of departing
From this reading As they were going he said very privately to Claude:
destroyed or killed
From this reading Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HE ASKS HER AGAIN.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HE ASKS HER AGAIN.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Claude and his father left the next day,--Saturday.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll be with you day after to-morrow.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Claude and his father left the next day,--Saturday.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Claude and his father left the next day,--Saturday.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.
and nothing more
From this reading Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.
kept private or confined to those intimately concerned
From this reading As they were going he said very privately to Claude:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading As they were going he said very privately to Claude:
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Claude and his father left the next day,--Saturday.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Claude and his father left the next day,--Saturday.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As they were going he said very privately to Claude:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll be with you day after to-morrow.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.
precisely as stated
From this reading As they were going he said very privately to Claude:
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading Only the author of the A. of U. I. knew whither they were gone.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I'll be with you day after to-morrow.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I'll be with you day after to-morrow.
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