Chapter 2 of Mauprat is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Mauprat is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The ideal of love is assuredly eternal fidelity. Moral and religious laws have aimed at consecrating this ideal. Material facts obscure it. Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory. Here, however, is not the place to prove this.
Chapter 2 of Mauprat is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “aim” — point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
From this reading “Moral and religious laws have aimed at consecrating this ideal.”
without a doubt
From this reading “The ideal of love is assuredly eternal fidelity.”
applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
From this reading “Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.”
accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
From this reading “The ideal of love is assuredly eternal fidelity.”
provided with a frame
From this reading “Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.”
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
From this reading “The ideal of love is assuredly eternal fidelity.”
based on or having the nature of an illusion
From this reading “Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.”
make less visible or unclear
From this reading “Material facts obscure it.”
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past form of “aim” — point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
From this reading Moral and religious laws have aimed at consecrating this ideal.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Moral and religious laws have aimed at consecrating this ideal.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.
without a doubt
From this reading The ideal of love is assuredly eternal fidelity.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Moral and religious laws have aimed at consecrating this ideal.
applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
From this reading Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.
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From this reading Moral and religious laws have aimed at consecrating this ideal.
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading The ideal of love is assuredly eternal fidelity.
plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading Material facts obscure it.
accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
From this reading The ideal of love is assuredly eternal fidelity.
provided with a frame
From this reading Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Moral and religious laws have aimed at consecrating this ideal.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here, however, is not the place to prove this.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Here, however, is not the place to prove this.
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
From this reading The ideal of love is assuredly eternal fidelity.
based on or having the nature of an illusion
From this reading Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The ideal of love is assuredly eternal fidelity.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Material facts obscure it.
the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
From this reading Moral and religious laws have aimed at consecrating this ideal.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading The ideal of love is assuredly eternal fidelity.
engage in
From this reading Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.
concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
From this reading Material facts obscure it.
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
From this reading Moral and religious laws have aimed at consecrating this ideal.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Here, however, is not the place to prove this.
make less visible or unclear
From this reading Material facts obscure it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The ideal of love is assuredly eternal fidelity.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Here, however, is not the place to prove this.
be shown or be found to be
From this reading Here, however, is not the place to prove this.
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading Moral and religious laws have aimed at consecrating this ideal.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The ideal of love is assuredly eternal fidelity.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Moral and religious laws have aimed at consecrating this ideal.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Civil laws are so framed as to make it impossible or illusory.
Chapter 2 of Mauprat by George Sand holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 2 holds 180 sentences of Mauprat, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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