Chapter 10 of Studying the short-story Sixteen short-story classics with introductions is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Studying the short-story Sixteen short-story classics with introductions is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
149. “Their husbands are sending them, beloved.” 150. “Very good talk. Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
Chapter 10 of Studying the short-story Sixteen short-story classics with introductions is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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dearly loved
From this reading ““Their husbands are sending them, beloved.””
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?”
plural of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading ““Their husbands are sending them, beloved.””
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading ““Their husbands are sending them, beloved.””
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading ““Very good talk.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?”
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From this reading 149.
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From this reading 150.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Their husbands are sending them, beloved.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
dearly loved
From this reading “Their husbands are sending them, beloved.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Very good talk.
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
plural of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “Their husbands are sending them, beloved.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading “Their husbands are sending them, beloved.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “Very good talk.
express in words
From this reading Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Their husbands are sending them, beloved.”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Their husbands are sending them, beloved.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
precisely as stated
From this reading “Very good talk.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
at the time that
From this reading Since when hast thou been my husband to tell me what to do?
Chapter 10 of Studying the short-story Sixteen short-story classics with introductions by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) [Editor] Esenwein holds 402 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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