Chapter 8 of The Flower of the Chapdelaines is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of The Flower of the Chapdelaines is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Is I got to tell dat?" "Ah, '_tit garcon_! Have you not got to tell it?" "Well, she 'uz--she 'uz prayin'." "And tha'z the manner she was not al-lone?"
Chapter 8 of The Flower of the Chapdelaines is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “"Is I got to tell dat?"”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “"Is I got to tell dat?"”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you not got to tell it?"”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “"And tha'z the manner she was not al-lone?"”
express in words
From this reading “"Is I got to tell dat?"”
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “"Well, she 'uz--she 'uz prayin'."”
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ah, '_tit garcon_!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And tha'z the manner she was not al-lone?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And tha'z the manner she was not al-lone?"
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading "Is I got to tell dat?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ah, '_tit garcon_!
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Is I got to tell dat?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you not got to tell it?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Is I got to tell dat?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is I got to tell dat?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Have you not got to tell it?"
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "And tha'z the manner she was not al-lone?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Have you not got to tell it?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, she 'uz--she 'uz prayin'."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Well, she 'uz--she 'uz prayin'."
express in words
From this reading "Is I got to tell dat?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And tha'z the manner she was not al-lone?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And tha'z the manner she was not al-lone?"
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
From this reading "Ah, '_tit garcon_!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Is I got to tell dat?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, she 'uz--she 'uz prayin'."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "And tha'z the manner she was not al-lone?"
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, she 'uz--she 'uz prayin'."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you not got to tell it?"
Chapter 8 of The Flower of the Chapdelaines by George Washington Cable holds 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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 8 holds 442 sentences of The Flower of the Chapdelaines, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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