Chapter 3 of My Neighbors: Stories of the Welsh People is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of My Neighbors: Stories of the Welsh People is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him. "Why for you call me blockhead when there's no blockhead to be?" "Sorry am I, dear heart. But do you hurry to marry me. You know that things are so and so.
Chapter 3 of My Neighbors: Stories of the Welsh People is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “admonish” — advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
From this reading “"Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.”
completely unclothed
From this reading “"Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.”
a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
From this reading “"Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “"Why for you call me blockhead when there's no blockhead to be?"”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “But do you hurry to marry me.”
take in marriage
From this reading “But do you hurry to marry me.”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “"Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “"Sorry am I, dear heart.”
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past form of “admonish” — advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
From this reading "Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Sorry am I, dear heart.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You know that things are so and so.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.
completely unclothed
From this reading "Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Why for you call me blockhead when there's no blockhead to be?"
a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
From this reading "Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But do you hurry to marry me.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Why for you call me blockhead when there's no blockhead to be?"
dearly loved
From this reading "Sorry am I, dear heart.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But do you hurry to marry me.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Why for you call me blockhead when there's no blockhead to be?"
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "Sorry am I, dear heart.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading But do you hurry to marry me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Sorry am I, dear heart.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You know that things are so and so.
take in marriage
From this reading But do you hurry to marry me.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading "Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Why for you call me blockhead when there's no blockhead to be?"
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading "Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.
not any; not one
From this reading "Why for you call me blockhead when there's no blockhead to be?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading You know that things are so and so.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "Sorry am I, dear heart.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You know that things are so and so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why for you call me blockhead when there's no blockhead to be?"
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading You know that things are so and so.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.
at the time that
From this reading "Why for you call me blockhead when there's no blockhead to be?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why for you call me blockhead when there's no blockhead to be?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Blockhead you are to bare your mind," Mary admonished him.
Chapter 3 of My Neighbors: Stories of the Welsh People by Caradoc Evans holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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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