Chapter 6 of What Every Woman Knows is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 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 What Every Woman Knows is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COMTESSE. You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts. MAGGIE. Gives them to John? I would like to see anybody try to give thoughts to John.
Chapter 6 of What Every Woman Knows is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “I would like to see anybody try to give thoughts to John.”
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading “You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “Gives them to John?”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.”
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “I would like to see anybody try to give thoughts to John.”
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading “You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.”
showing curiosity
From this reading “You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.”
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any person at all
From this reading I would like to see anybody try to give thoughts to John.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
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From this reading COMTESSE.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I would like to see anybody try to give thoughts to John.
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I would like to see anybody try to give thoughts to John.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading Gives them to John?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I would like to see anybody try to give thoughts to John.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAGGIE.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I would like to see anybody try to give thoughts to John.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
express in words
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Gives them to John?
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gives them to John?
make an effort or attempt
From this reading I would like to see anybody try to give thoughts to John.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
which person or people
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
showing curiosity
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I would like to see anybody try to give thoughts to John.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are wondering whether she can tell you who gives him his second thoughts.
Chapter 6 of What Every Woman Knows by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie holds 390 sentences, grouped into 78 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 390 sentences of What Every Woman Knows, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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