Chapter 7 of Paul Patoff is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Paul Patoff is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No," he answered. "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me." "When would you like me to go?" I asked. "Now, if you will.
Chapter 7 of Paul Patoff is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “"No," he answered.”
any thing at all
From this reading “"He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."”
lacking funds
From this reading “"He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."”
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading “"He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."”
a female human offspring
From this reading “"He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."”
apart from; not including
From this reading “"He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “"He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."”
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading “"He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "No," he answered.
any thing at all
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I asked.
for the reason that
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
lacking funds
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
a female human offspring
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
apart from; not including
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "No," he answered.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
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From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Now, if you will.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "When would you like me to go?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
not any; not one
From this reading "No," he answered.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now, if you will.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
at the time that
From this reading "When would you like me to go?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Now, if you will.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "He told my daughter because he broke off his conversation with her to go and see his mother, but Hermy never tells anything except to me."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "When would you like me to go?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "When would you like me to go?"
Chapter 7 of Paul Patoff by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
Chapter 7 holds 424 sentences of Paul Patoff, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Paul Patoff by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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