Chapter 10 of Original Short Stories — Volume 01 is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Original Short Stories — Volume 01 is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?” The old man answered with the same stupid look: “I did.” “You killed them all?” “Uh huh!
Chapter 10 of Original Short Stories — Volume 01 is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?””
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?””
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?””
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?””
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading “The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?””
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?””
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “The old man answered with the same stupid look:”
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading “The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?””
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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 The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
(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 colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
in addition
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading The old man answered with the same stupid look:
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “I did.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
set up or found
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Uh huh!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I did.”
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The old man answered with the same stupid look:
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The old man answered with the same stupid look:
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The old man answered with the same stupid look:
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
Identical; not different.
From this reading The old man answered with the same stupid look:
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading The old man answered with the same stupid look:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “You killed them all?”
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Uh huh!
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
which person or people
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading The old man answered with the same stupid look:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The colonel went on: “Do you also know who killed all the scouts who have been found dead, for a month, throughout the country, every morning?”
Chapter 10 of Original Short Stories — Volume 01 by Guy de Maupassant holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 10 holds 191 sentences of Original Short Stories — Volume 01, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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