Chapter 6 of Original Short Stories — Volume 07 is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of Original Short Stories — Volume 07 is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked: “Do you love me?” “Yes.” “Really and truly?” “Yes.”
Chapter 6 of Original Short Stories — Volume 07 is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:”
possessive form of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading “Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:”
-ing form of “place” — put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:”
used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
From this reading ““Really and truly?””
plural of “shoulder” — a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
From this reading “Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:”
in keeping with the facts
From this reading “Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading ““Really and truly?””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you love me?”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “Do you love me?”
possessive form of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Do you love me?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
-ing form of “place” — put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “Really and truly?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
successive (without a break)
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “Really and truly?”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Then, placing her two hands on her lover's shoulders, and looking him straight in the face, she asked:
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you love me?”
Chapter 6 of Original Short Stories — Volume 07 by Guy de Maupassant holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 6 holds 188 sentences of Original Short Stories — Volume 07, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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