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Nobody's boy (Sans famille)
Nobody's boy (Sans famille)

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Nobody's boy (Sans famille) is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.
No nice bed, no nice pastry, no evenings listening to Mrs. Milligan.
Ah! no Mrs. Milligan or Arthur!
One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.
I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.
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Nobody's boy (Sans famille)

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Nobody's boy (Sans famille) is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.
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No nice bed, no nice pastry, no evenings listening to Mrs. Milligan.
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Ah! no Mrs. Milligan or Arthur!
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One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.
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I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.
/aɪ ˈwɔːntɪd tuː biː ˈweɪtɪŋ æt ðə ˈprɪzən dɔːr wen maɪ ˈmæstər keɪm aʊt/

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.

Arthur noun US /ˈɑːrθər/

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading “Ah! no Mrs. Milligan or Arthur!”

barge verb US /bɑːrdʒ/

push one's way

From this reading “THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.”

consent noun US /kənˈsent/

permission to do something

From this reading “THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.”

evenings noun US /ˈiːvnɪŋz/

plural of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading “No nice bed, no nice pastry, no evenings listening to Mrs. Milligan.”

master's noun US /ˈmæstərz/

possessive form of “master” — an artist of consummate skill

From this reading “THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.”

pastry noun US /ˈpeɪstri/

a dough of flour and water and shortening

From this reading “No nice bed, no nice pastry, no evenings listening to Mrs. Milligan.”

Toulouse noun US /tuːˈluːz/

a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe

From this reading “One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.”

trip noun US /trɪp/

a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

From this reading “THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.”

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Ah

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Ah! no Mrs. Milligan or Arthur!

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 THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

ArthurnounUS /ˈɑːrθər/

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading Ah! no Mrs. Milligan or Arthur!

askverbUS /æsk/

make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.

backadverbUS /bæk/

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.

bargeverbUS /bɑːrdʒ/

push one's way

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.

beautifuladjectiveUS /ˈbjuːtəfəl/

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

bednounUS /bed/

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading No nice bed, no nice pastry, no evenings listening to Mrs. Milligan.

cameverbUS /keɪm/

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

From this reading I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.

CONSENTnounUS /kənˈsent/

permission to do something

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.

decidedadjectiveUS /ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd/

recognizable; marked

From this reading One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.

doornounUS /dɔːr/

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.

endnounUS /end/

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

eveningsnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋz/

plural of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading No nice bed, no nice pastry, no evenings listening to Mrs. Milligan.

getverbUS /ɡet/

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

how

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

listeningnounUS /ˈlɪsənɪŋ/

the act of hearing attentively

From this reading No nice bed, no nice pastry, no evenings listening to Mrs. Milligan.

longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.

madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

masternounUS /ˈmæstər/

an artist of consummate skill

From this reading I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.

MASTER'SnounUS /ˈmæstərz/

possessive form of “master” — an artist of consummate skill

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.

Milligan

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading No nice bed, no nice pastry, no evenings listening to Mrs. Milligan.

MrsnounUS /ˈmɪsɪz/

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading No nice bed, no nice pastry, no evenings listening to Mrs. Milligan.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.

niceadjectiveUS /naɪs/

pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

From this reading No nice bed, no nice pastry, no evenings listening to Mrs. Milligan.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No nice bed, no nice pastry, no evenings listening to Mrs. Milligan.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

OnepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Ah! no Mrs. Milligan or Arthur!

outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.

pastrynounUS /ˈpeɪstri/

a dough of flour and water and shortening

From this reading No nice bed, no nice pastry, no evenings listening to Mrs. Milligan.

prisonnounUS /ˈprɪzən/

a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

From this reading I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.

takeverbUS /teɪk/

carry out

From this reading One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

ToulousenounUS /tuːˈluːz/

a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe

From this reading One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.

tripnounUS /trɪp/

a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

waitingnounUS /ˈweɪtɪŋ/

the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

From this reading I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.

wantedadjectiveUS /ˈwɔːntɪd/

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading THE MASTER'S CONSENT It was all to end,--this beautiful trip that I had made on the barge.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading I wanted to be waiting at the prison door when my master came out.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

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

From this reading One day I decided to ask Mrs. Milligan how long it would take me to get back to Toulouse.

Chapter 13 of Nobody's boy (Sans famille) by Hector Malot holds 144 sentences, grouped into 29 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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