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Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.
This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.
One and he was one and any one can be one and any one is one and any one being one being one is being one, one was saying what he was saying and doing what he was doing and he was determining what he was saying and determining what he was doing and he was hearing what he was hearing and seeing what he was seeing.
If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.
It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.
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Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Line 1
If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.
/ɪf ˈeni wʌn kæn dəˈtɜːrmən ðæt ðeɪ ɑːr ˈseɪɪŋ wʌt ðeɪ ɑːr ˈseɪɪŋ ənd ˈduːɪŋ wʌt ðeɪ ɑːr ˈduːɪŋ ðeɪ ɑːr dɪˈtɜːrmənɪŋ ðæt ðeɪ ɑːr ˈhiːrɪŋ wʌt ðeɪ ɑːr ˈhiːrɪŋ ənd ˈsiːɪŋ wʌt ðeɪ ɑːr ˈsiːɪŋ/
Line 2
This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.
/ðɪs ɪz nɑːt ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ ðɪs kæn biː əˈnɔɪɪŋ ðɪs kæn biː ˈkɑːmən ðɪs kæn biː kənˈvɪnsɪŋ ðɪs kæn biː pərˈpleksɪŋ ðɪs kæn biː rɪˈpiːtɪŋ/
Line 3
One and he was one and any one can be one and any one is one and any one being one being one is being one, one was saying what he was saying and doing what he was doing and he was determining what he was saying and determining what he was doing and he was hearing what he was hearing and seeing what he was seeing.
/wʌn ənd hiː wɑːz wʌn ənd ˈeni wʌn kæn biː wʌn ənd ˈeni wʌn ɪz wʌn ənd ˈeni wʌn ˈbiːɪŋ wʌn ˈbiːɪŋ wʌn ɪz ˈbiːɪŋ wʌn wʌn wɑːz ˈseɪɪŋ wʌt hiː wɑːz ˈseɪɪŋ ənd ˈduːɪŋ wʌt hiː wɑːz ˈduːɪŋ ənd hiː wɑːz dɪˈtɜːrmənɪŋ wʌt hiː wɑːz ˈseɪɪŋ ənd dɪˈtɜːrmənɪŋ wʌt hiː wɑːz ˈduːɪŋ ənd hiː wɑːz ˈhiːrɪŋ wʌt hiː wɑːz ˈhiːrɪŋ ənd ˈsiːɪŋ wʌt hiː wɑːz ˈsiːɪŋ/
Line 4
If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.
/ɪf sʌm wʌn keɪm ənd əˈnʌðər wʌn keɪm ənd sʌm wʌn sed ənd əˈnʌðər wʌn sed ənd sʌm wʌn hɜːrd ənd əˈnʌðər wʌn hɜːrd ənd sʌm wʌn sɔː ənd əˈnʌðər wʌn sɔː ðen ðer wʊd biː ɪˈnʌf huː wɜːr ded ɪf ˈevribɑːdi keɪm tuː biː ded ənd ðer wʊd biː ɪˈnʌf ˈbiːɪŋ ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪf ˈevəri wʌn wɜːr ˈlɪvɪŋ ənd ˈsɜːrtənli sʌm dɪd nɑːt siː ˈevriθɪŋ ənd sʌm dɪd nɑːt duː ˈevriθɪŋ ənd sʌm dɪd nɑːt hiːr ˈevriθɪŋ ənd sʌm dɪd nɑːt siː ˈevriθɪŋ ənd wʌn sed wʌt əˈnʌðər sed ənd wʌn sɔː wʌt əˈnʌðər sɔː ənd wʌn dɪd wʌt əˈnʌðər dɪd ənd wʌn hɜːrd wʌt əˈnʌðər hɜːrd ənd wʌn keɪm ənd əˈnʌðər keɪm ənd wʌn left ənd əˈnʌðər left ənd ɪf ˈevribɑːdi dɪd wʌt ðeɪ dɪd ənd ˈenibədi keɪm ənd ɪf ðeɪ dɪd nɑːt siː wʌt ðeɪ sɔː ənd ɪf ðeɪ hɜːrd wʌt ðeɪ hɜːrd ðen ˈsɜːrtənli ˈsʌmθɪŋ hæd ˈhæpənd ənd ˈsʌmθɪŋ ˈhævɪŋ ˈhæpənd sʌm sed wʌt ðeɪ sed/
Line 5
It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.
/ɪt wɑːz ə ˈhæpi weɪ ðə weɪ hiː steɪd ɔːl deɪ ˈeni deɪ ənd hiː sed wʌt dɪd hiː seɪ hiː sed ðæt hiː hæd ɡɔːn ənd hiː hæd siːn ənd ðæt hiː wʊd duː wʌt hiː laɪkt tuː duː ənd hiː laɪkt tuː duː wʌt hiː hæd ərˈeɪndʒd tuː fiːl hiː wʊd duː wen hiː sɔː ɔːl ðer wɑːz tuː siː/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

annoying adjective US /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

causing irritation or annoyance

From this reading “This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.”

convincing adjective US /kənˈvɪnsɪŋ/

causing one to believe the truth of something

From this reading “This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.”

determine verb US /dəˈtɜːrmən/

establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

From this reading “If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.”

determining adjective US /dɪˈtɜːrmənɪŋ/

having the power or quality of deciding

From this reading “If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.”

exciting adjective US /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/

creating or arousing excitement

From this reading “This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.”

perplexing adjective US /pərˈpleksɪŋ/

lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

From this reading “This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.”

repeating noun US /rɪˈpiːtɪŋ/

the act of doing or performing again

From this reading “This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.”

stayed verb US /steɪd/

past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading “It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

annoyingadjectiveUS /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

causing irritation or annoyance

From this reading This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.

anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

anyadjectiveUS /ˈeni/

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/

any person at all

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

arrangedadjectiveUS /ərˈeɪndʒd/

disposed or placed in a particular kind of order

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.

beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading One and he was one and any one can be one and any one is one and any one being one being one is being one, one was saying what he was saying and doing what he was doing and he was determining what he was saying and determining what he was doing and he was hearing what he was hearing and seeing what he was seeing.

cameverbUS /keɪm/

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

certainlyadverbUS /ˈsɜːrtənli/

definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

commonadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːmən/

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

From this reading This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.

convincingadjectiveUS /kənˈvɪnsɪŋ/

causing one to believe the truth of something

From this reading This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

deadadjectiveUS /ded/

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

determineverbUS /dəˈtɜːrmən/

establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

determiningadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜːrmənɪŋ/

having the power or quality of deciding

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

doingverbUS /ˈduːɪŋ/

-ing form of “do” — engage in

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

enoughnounUS /ɪˈnʌf/

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/

every person

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/

all things; all of a situation

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

excitingadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/

creating or arousing excitement

From this reading This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.

feelverbUS /fiːl/

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/

destroyed or killed

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

happenedverbUS /ˈhæpənd/

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

happyadjectiveUS /ˈhæpi/

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading One and he was one and any one can be one and any one is one and any one being one being one is being one, one was saying what he was saying and doing what he was doing and he was determining what he was saying and determining what he was doing and he was hearing what he was hearing and seeing what he was seeing.

hearverbUS /hiːr/

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

heardadjectiveUS /hɜːrd/

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

hearingnounUS /ˈhiːrɪŋ/

(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

leftnounUS /left/

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 If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

likedadjectiveUS /laɪkt/

found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

livingnounUS /ˈlɪvɪŋ/

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

perplexingadjectiveUS /pərˈpleksɪŋ/

lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

From this reading This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.

repeatingnounUS /rɪˈpiːtɪŋ/

the act of doing or performing again

From this reading This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.

saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

sawverbUS /sɔː/

cut with a saw

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

sayverbUS /seɪ/

express in words

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

sayingnounUS /ˈseɪɪŋ/

a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

seeingnounUS /ˈsiːɪŋ/

perception by means of the eyes

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

seenverbUS /siːn/

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

someadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

stayedverbUS /steɪd/

past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This is not exciting, this can be annoying, this can be common, this can be convincing, this can be perplexing, this can be repeating.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading One and he was one and any one can be one and any one is one and any one being one being one is being one, one was saying what he was saying and doing what he was doing and he was determining what he was saying and determining what he was doing and he was hearing what he was hearing and seeing what he was seeing.

waynounUS /weɪ/

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading If any one can determine that they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing they are determining that they are hearing what they are hearing and seeing what they are seeing.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading It was a happy way the way he stayed all day any day and he said, what did he say, he said that he had gone and he had seen and that he would do what he liked to do and he liked to do what he had arranged to feel he would do when he saw all there was to see.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading If some one came and another one came and some one said and another one said and some one heard and another one heard and some one saw and another one saw then there would be enough who were dead if everybody came to be dead and there would be enough being living if every one were living and certainly some did not see everything and some did not do everything and some did not hear everything and some did not see everything and one said what another said and one saw what another saw and one did what another did and one heard what another heard and one came and another came and one left and another left and if everybody did what they did and anybody came and if they did not see what they saw and if they heard what they heard then certainly something had happened and something having happened some said what they said.

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