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Chapter 4 of The Front Yard, and Other Italian Stories is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone. "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there." "Oh, is that a shrine?" said Mrs. Ash, vaguely. "I didn't know. But then I'm not a Catholic.
Chapter 4 of The Front Yard, and Other Italian Stories is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “"We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “"It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “"We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.”
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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 "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
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From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, is that a shrine?" said Mrs. Ash, vaguely.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
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From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But then I'm not a Catholic.
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From this reading But then I'm not a Catholic.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I didn't know.
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From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
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From this reading But then I'm not a Catholic.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, is that a shrine?" said Mrs. Ash, vaguely.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I didn't know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, is that a shrine?" said Mrs. Ash, vaguely.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But then I'm not a Catholic.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, is that a shrine?" said Mrs. Ash, vaguely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, is that a shrine?" said Mrs. Ash, vaguely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh, is that a shrine?" said Mrs. Ash, vaguely.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But then I'm not a Catholic.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It seems almost a desecration, doesn't it, to have it in the shrine itself, for I see they are arranging it there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, is that a shrine?" said Mrs. Ash, vaguely.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We shall soon be having lunch, I suppose," she began, in a gracious tone.
