Chapter II
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JANE (_shouts_). Have you a wife? A wife? WHITWELL. All my life?
None so Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear
Chapter II
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JANE
(_shouts_).
Have
you
a
wife?
A
wife?
WHITWELL.
All
my
life?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
None so Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of None so Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
JANE
(_shouts_).
Line 2
Have
you
a
wife?
/hæv juː ə waɪf/
Line 3
A
wife?
/ə waɪf/
Line 4
WHITWELL.
Line 5
All
my
life?
/ɔːl maɪ laɪf/
Learner Dictionary
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you a wife?”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “All my life?”
shouts
noun
US /ʃaʊts/
plural of “shout” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “Have you a wife?”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Have you a wife?
(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 All my life?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you a wife?
JANE
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JANE (_shouts_).
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading All my life?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading All my life?
shoutsnounUS /ʃaʊts/
plural of “shout” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading JANE (_shouts_).
WHITWELL
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHITWELL.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Have you a wife?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you a wife?
Chapter 2 of None so Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear by Herbert Pelham Curtis holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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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