Chapter VII
SIR ROBERT CHILTERN. There was your mistake. There was your error. The error all women commit. Why can’t you women love us, faults and all?
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Chapter VII
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SIR
ROBERT
CHILTERN.
There
was
your
mistake.
There
was
your
error.
The
error
all
women
commit.
Why
can’t
you
women
love
us,
faults
and
all?
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SIR
ROBERT
CHILTERN.
Line 2
There
was
your
mistake.
Line 3
There
was
your
error.
Line 4
The
error
all
women
commit.
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Why
can’t
you
women
love
us,
faults
and
all?
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From this reading The error all women commit.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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can't
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CHILTERN
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commit
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error
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faults
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love
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mistake
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ROBERT
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SIR
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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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There
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From this reading There was your mistake.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why can’t you women love us, faults and all?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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Why
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women
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youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
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yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There was your mistake.