Chapter 6 of The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William — Vol. 3 is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William — Vol. 3 is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FATHER JOHN. Why are you questioning me? You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor. MARTIN. We must gather the crowds together, you and I.
Chapter 6 of The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William — Vol. 3 is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading “You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.”
plural of “crowd” — a large number of things or people considered together
From this reading “We must gather the crowds together, you and I.”
assemble or get together
From this reading “We must gather the crowds together, you and I.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “FATHER JOHN.”
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “MARTIN.”
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading “Why are you questioning me?”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading “We must gather the crowds together, you and I.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We must gather the crowds together, you and I.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Why are you questioning me?
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.
a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
From this reading You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.
plural of “crowd” — a large number of things or people considered together
From this reading We must gather the crowds together, you and I.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading FATHER JOHN.
assemble or get together
From this reading We must gather the crowds together, you and I.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading FATHER JOHN.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading MARTIN.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why are you questioning me?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must gather the crowds together, you and I.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.
not any; not one
From this reading You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading Why are you questioning me?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We must gather the crowds together, you and I.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading We must gather the crowds together, you and I.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading You are asking me things that I have told to no one but my confessor.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must gather the crowds together, you and I.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why are you questioning me?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why are you questioning me?
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