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The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes

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Chapter 10 of The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"Oh, sir," he said.

"I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."

"If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."

But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.

When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.

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The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

"Oh, sir," he said.

Line 2

"I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."

Line 3

"If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."

Line 4

But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.

Line 5

When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.

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all

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From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."

and

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From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."

as

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From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.

because

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but

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came

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can't

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carry

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come

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did

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didn't

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door

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drank

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drink

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either

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give

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he

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From this reading "Oh, sir," he said.

I

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If

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From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."

in

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into

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From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."

is

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it

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From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."

like

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many

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men

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mouth

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much

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my

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not

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Oh

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one

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opening

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other

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out

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penance

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said

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From this reading "Oh, sir," he said.

sea

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From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."

sir

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some

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starting

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that

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that's

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From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."

the

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there

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this

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to

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From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."

Try

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up

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water

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way

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From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."

were

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When

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who

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would

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From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."

you

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From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."

Chapter 10 of The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes by Anonymous holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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