Chapter 6 of A Little Bit of Fluff: A Farce in Three Acts is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of A Little Bit of Fluff: A Farce in Three Acts is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PAMELA. What did you think I meant? (_TULLY very embarrassed._) What did you think I meant? (_Coming down to TULLY._) TULLY. Well, what you said.
Chapter 6 of A Little Bit of Fluff: A Farce in Three Acts is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of drawing spatially closer to something
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “(_Coming down to TULLY._) TULLY.”
feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed
From this reading “(_TULLY very embarrassed._) What did you think I meant?”
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “What did you think I meant?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Well, what you said.”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “What did you think I meant?”
a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
From this reading “(_Coming down to TULLY._) TULLY.”
(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 “Well, what you said.”
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the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading (_Coming down to TULLY._) TULLY.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What did you think I meant?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading (_Coming down to TULLY._) TULLY.
feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed
From this reading (_TULLY very embarrassed._) What did you think I meant?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading What did you think I meant?
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading What did you think I meant?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PAMELA.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Well, what you said.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading What did you think I meant?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (_Coming down to TULLY._) TULLY.
a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
From this reading (_TULLY very embarrassed._) What did you think I meant?
precisely as stated
From this reading (_TULLY very embarrassed._) What did you think I meant?
(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 Well, what you said.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What did you think I meant?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What did you think I meant?
Chapter 6 of A Little Bit of Fluff: A Farce in Three Acts by Walter Ellis holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
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