Chapter 6 of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Leave you to yourself? That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered." "Where the devil would, I was! Will that suffice you? Ah, it was a vile action!
Chapter 6 of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading “Ah, it was a vile action!”
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “"Where the devil would, I was!”
unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
From this reading “That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."”
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."”
killed unlawfully
From this reading “That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."”
be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
From this reading “Will that suffice you?”
morally reprehensible
From this reading “Ah, it was a vile action!”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “"Leave you to yourself?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Ah, it was a vile action!
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading Ah, it was a vile action!
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From this reading Ah, it was a vile action!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading "Where the devil would, I was!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ah, it was a vile action!
go away from a place
From this reading "Leave you to yourself?
unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
killed unlawfully
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
From this reading Will that suffice you?
express in words
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Where the devil would, I was!
up to a particular time
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Leave you to yourself?
morally reprehensible
From this reading Ah, it was a vile action!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
in or at the place that
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Where the devil would, I was!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Leave you to yourself?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading That I will be loth to do till you tell me where you were that night my young master was murdered."
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "Leave you to yourself?
Chapter 6 of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a by James Hogg holds 132 sentences, grouped into 27 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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