Chapter 7 of Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome. You are a kind laidy or gentleman. I love yer. I will never do it again, so help me bob. Amen."
Chapter 7 of Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
From this reading “Amen."”
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “I will never do it again, so help me bob.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.”
a man of refinement
From this reading “You are a kind laidy or gentleman.”
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “I will never do it again, so help me bob.”
plural of “kid” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.”
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading “You are a kind laidy or gentleman.”
plural of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You are a kind laidy or gentleman.
anew
From this reading I will never do it again, so help me bob.
(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 BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
From this reading Amen."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are a kind laidy or gentleman.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading I will never do it again, so help me bob.
a youthful male person
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
dearly loved
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I will never do it again, so help me bob.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
a man of refinement
From this reading You are a kind laidy or gentleman.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading I will never do it again, so help me bob.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I will never do it again, so help me bob.
plural of “kid” — a young person of either sex
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading You are a kind laidy or gentleman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You are a kind laidy or gentleman.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I will never do it again, so help me bob.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
plural of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I will never do it again, so help me bob.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading You are a kind laidy or gentleman.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I will never do it again, so help me bob.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will never do it again, so help me bob.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE BOY WITH TWO MOTHERS "I love my dear father and my dear mother and all the dear little kids at 'ome.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I love yer.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are a kind laidy or gentleman.
Chapter 7 of Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie holds 205 sentences, grouped into 41 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 205 sentences of Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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