Chapter 6 of Little Stories of Married Life is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Little Stories of Married Life is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Why not? You won’t have to dress.” “It’s not that. The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?” “No, who is he?”
Chapter 6 of Little Stories of Married Life is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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put on clothes
From this reading “You won’t have to dress.””
at any time
From this reading “The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?””
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading “The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You won’t have to dress.””
express in speech
From this reading “The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?””
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From this reading The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?”
put on clothes
From this reading You won’t have to dress.”
at any time
From this reading The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?”
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You won’t have to dress.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “No, who is he?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s not that.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, who is he?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Why not?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?”
express in speech
From this reading The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “It’s not that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You won’t have to dress.”
which person or people
From this reading “No, who is he?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why not?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The fact is—Did I ever speak to you of Will Bronson?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You won’t have to dress.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You won’t have to dress.”
Chapter 6 of Little Stories of Married Life by Mary Stewart Cutting holds 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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 451 sentences of Little Stories of Married Life, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Little Stories of Married Life by Mary Stewart Cutting exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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.
Work through the 91 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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