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

Chapter X · Chapter 10

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She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.
She was that one.
She was that one and she was one who came to be one having been that one.
She was that one and she came to be that one and she was then one having been that one.
She was that one.
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Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 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.

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.
/ʃiː wɑːz ˈhelpɪŋ ʃiː wɑːz ˈɡɪvɪŋ ˈhelpɪŋ tuː ðə wʌn huː wɑːz wʌn ˈbiːɪŋ wʌn ənd ʃiː wɑːz ðæt wʌn ðə wʌn ˈɡɪvɪŋ ˈhelpɪŋ/
Line 2
She was that one.
/ʃiː wɑːz ðæt wʌn/
Line 3
She was that one and she was one who came to be one having been that one.
/ʃiː wɑːz ðæt wʌn ənd ʃiː wɑːz wʌn huː keɪm tuː biː wʌn ˈhævɪŋ bɪn ðæt wʌn/
Line 4
She was that one and she came to be that one and she was then one having been that one.
/ʃiː wɑːz ðæt wʌn ənd ʃiː keɪm tuː biː ðæt wʌn ənd ʃiː wɑːz ðen wʌn ˈhævɪŋ bɪn ðæt wʌn/
Line 5
She was that one.
/ʃiː wɑːz ðæt wʌn/

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.

been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “She was that one and she was one who came to be one having been that one.”

being auxiliary verb US /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading “She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.”

came verb US /keɪm/

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

From this reading “She was that one and she was one who came to be one having been that one.”

giving noun US /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/

the act of giving

From this reading “She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.”

having auxiliary verb US /ˈhævɪŋ/

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading “She was that one and she was one who came to be one having been that one.”

helping noun US /ˈhelpɪŋ/

an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

From this reading “She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.”

one pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.”

All words in this reading · 16

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading She was that one and she was one who came to be one having been that one.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading She was that one and she was one who came to be one having been that one.

beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.

cameverbUS /keɪm/

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

From this reading She was that one and she was one who came to be one having been that one.

givingnounUS /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/

the act of giving

From this reading She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.

havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading She was that one and she was one who came to be one having been that one.

helpingnounUS /ˈhelpɪŋ/

an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

From this reading She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.

thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading She was that one and she came to be that one and she was then one having been that one.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading She was helping, she was giving helping to the one who was one being one and she was that one the one giving helping.

Chapter 10 of Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two by Gertrude Stein holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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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Chapter 10 holds 420 sentences of Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two by Gertrude Stein exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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.

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Vocabulary met early in Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two

Words and structures a reader meets early in Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Matisse
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Picasso
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Gertrude
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Stein
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