Chapter 6 of The Madigans is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 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 Madigans is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No!" Madigan laughed wrathfully. "Do you, now? Why, what has she said? Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
Chapter 6 of The Madigans is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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for the reason that
From this reading “Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."”
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."”
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading “Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."”
a person who shows fear or timidity
From this reading “Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “Madigan laughed wrathfully.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."”
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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 Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
for the reason that
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
a person who shows fear or timidity
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you, now?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why, what has she said?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Madigan laughed wrathfully.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Madigan laughed wrathfully.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
not any; not one
From this reading "No!"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Do you, now?
and nothing more
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Why, what has she said?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Why, what has she said?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
(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 Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Why, what has she said?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, what has she said?
in a wrathful manner
From this reading Madigan laughed wrathfully.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you, now?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only that you're a beggar, and I'm a coward as well as a beggar, because I don't dare to beg in my own name."
Chapter 6 of The Madigans by Miriam Michelson holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 6 holds 416 sentences of The Madigans, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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