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The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes
The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.
We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.
They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.
They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.
As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.
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The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.
Line 2
We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.
Line 3
They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.
Line 4
They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.
Line 5
As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

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a

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

amazed

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

and

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

another's

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

anything

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

As

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

barely

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

because

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

been

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

begun

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

biting

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boys

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

bread

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

broke

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

but

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

could

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

damned

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

didn't

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

discussing

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

each

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

eat

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

eaten

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

enough

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

everything

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

far

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

fathers

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

find

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

for

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

give

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

grabbing

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

had

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

hadn't

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

hair

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

hall

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

heard

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

hitting

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

I

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

in

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

is

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

it

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

kicking

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

ladies

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

left

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

masters

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

men

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

mothers

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

much

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

necessary

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

of

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

off

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

one

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

or

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

other

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

our

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

out

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

pay

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

pinching

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

pounded

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

procession

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

pulling

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

quarrel

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

referring

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

religious

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

said

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

see

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

servants

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

since

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

slapping

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

sleeves

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

so

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

some

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

sops

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

sort

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

soup

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

started

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

stuck

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

swinging

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

talking

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

that

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

the

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

their

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

there

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

they

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

thing

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

think

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

those

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

to

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

tremendous

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

up

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

uproar

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

us

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

variety

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From this reading They left off talking and started swinging, and since variety is necessary in everything, there was hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, and biting.

village

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

want

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

was

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

wasn't

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

We

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

went

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From this reading We servants went to eat, and there wasn't a damned thing left for us but soup and bread sops, and I was amazed to see that those ladies hadn't stuck that up their sleeves.

were

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

what

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

when

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

where

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From this reading We had barely begun when we heard a tremendous uproar in the hall where our masters were: they were referring to their mothers and discussing what sort of men their fathers had been.

women

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From this reading As far as I could find out, the quarrel broke out because some of the men didn't want to give or pay those women anything: they said that what the women had eaten was enough.

would

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

you

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From this reading They were grabbing one another's hair and pulling it out; they pounded each other so much you would think they were village boys in a religious procession.

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