Chapter 6 of My heart and my flesh is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of My heart and my flesh is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Who’s your fellow now, Americy?” “Aw, go on!” “Your man, who is he now?” “I got no man now.” “You got a beau, you know you have.”
Chapter 6 of My heart and my flesh is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a man who is the lover of a man or woman
From this reading ““You got a beau, you know you have.””
a boy or man
From this reading ““Who’s your fellow now, Americy?””
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading ““I got no man now.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““You got a beau, you know you have.””
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading ““You got a beau, you know you have.””
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading ““Your man, who is he now?””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading ““Aw, go on!””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “You got a beau, you know you have.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Who’s your fellow now, Americy?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Aw, go on!”
a man who is the lover of a man or woman
From this reading “You got a beau, you know you have.”
a boy or man
From this reading “Who’s your fellow now, Americy?”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Aw, go on!”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I got no man now.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You got a beau, you know you have.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Your man, who is he now?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I got no man now.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Your man, who is he now?”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “You got a beau, you know you have.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Your man, who is he now?”
not any; not one
From this reading “I got no man now.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Who’s your fellow now, Americy?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Aw, go on!”
which person or people
From this reading “Your man, who is he now?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Who’s your fellow now, Americy?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You got a beau, you know you have.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Who’s your fellow now, Americy?”
Chapter 6 of My heart and my flesh by Elizabeth Madox Roberts holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 429 sentences of My heart and my flesh, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of My heart and my flesh by Elizabeth Madox Roberts exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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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