Chapter 5 of Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt? MME. DE RONCHARD [_dreamily_] Oh, yes. [_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio. LÉON The painter of battle scenes!
Chapter 5 of Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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commonly used or practiced; usual
From this reading “LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?”
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?”
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “LÉON The painter of battle scenes!”
third-person singular of “correct” — make right or correct
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading “[_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio.”
an artist who paints
From this reading “LÉON The painter of battle scenes!”
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading “LÉON The painter of battle scenes!”
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading “[_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio.”
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commonly used or practiced; usual
From this reading LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading LÉON The painter of battle scenes!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?
third-person singular of “correct” — make right or correct
From this reading [_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading DE RONCHARD [_dreamily_] Oh, yes.
dearly loved
From this reading LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?
in a dreamy manner
From this reading DE RONCHARD [_dreamily_] Oh, yes.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading [_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio.
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading [_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading [_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio.
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From this reading MME.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LÉON The painter of battle scenes!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading DE RONCHARD [_dreamily_] Oh, yes.
on one occasion
From this reading [_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio.
an artist who paints
From this reading LÉON The painter of battle scenes!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DE RONCHARD [_dreamily_] Oh, yes.
express in words
From this reading [_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio.
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading LÉON The painter of battle scenes!
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading [_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LÉON The painter of battle scenes!
in or at that place or location
From this reading LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading [_Corrects herself_.] I mean to say, once I went to Horace Vernet's studio.
an affirmative
From this reading DE RONCHARD [_dreamily_] Oh, yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading LÉON You have been accustomed to go there, my dear Aunt?
Chapter 5 of Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant holds 392 sentences, grouped into 79 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.
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