Chapter 5 of Renée Mauperin is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Renée Mauperin is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What's the matter with my question? I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else. I don't see anything in it. Would there be any harm in asking such a thing in society? Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
Chapter 5 of Renée Mauperin is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading “Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.”
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.”
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading “I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “Would there be any harm in asking such a thing in society?”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “"What's the matter with my question?”
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading “Would there be any harm in asking such a thing in society?”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading “Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading “Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.”
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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 Would there be any harm in asking such a thing in society?
be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
(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 Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Would there be any harm in asking such a thing in society?
any thing at all
From this reading I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Would there be any harm in asking such a thing in society?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't see anything in it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading Would there be any harm in asking such a thing in society?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I don't see anything in it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I don't see anything in it.
and nothing more
From this reading I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "What's the matter with my question?
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "What's the matter with my question?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading "What's the matter with my question?
Identical; not different.
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
express in words
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I don't see anything in it.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading Would there be any harm in asking such a thing in society?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Would there be any harm in asking such a thing in society?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "What's the matter with my question?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Would there be any harm in asking such a thing in society?
a special situation
From this reading Would there be any harm in asking such a thing in society?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's the matter with my question?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "What's the matter with my question?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would there be any harm in asking such a thing in society?
a late time of life
From this reading Come now, Denoisel! you say I am twelve years old and I agree to be twelve; but I'm twenty all the same.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I'm asking you that just as I might ask you anything else.
Chapter 5 of Renée Mauperin by Edmond de Goncourt holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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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