Chapter 8 of A Trip to Scarborough is here in full — 303 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of A Trip to Scarborough is here in full — 303 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ACT III. SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE. _Puff_. Well, we are ready; now then for the justices. [_Curtain rises._] "JUSTICES, CONSTABLES, &c., _discovered_."
Chapter 8 of A Trip to Scarborough is here in full — 303 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “constable” — a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
From this reading “[_Curtain rises._] "JUSTICES, CONSTABLES, &c., _discovered_."”
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading “SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.”
hang freely
From this reading “SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.”
plural of “justice” — the quality of being just or fair
From this reading “Well, we are ready; now then for the justices.”
smoke and exhale strongly
From this reading “SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.”
plural of “rise” — a growth in strength or number or importance
From this reading “[_Curtain rises._] "JUSTICES, CONSTABLES, &c., _discovered_."”
express through a scornful smile
From this reading “SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.”
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
From this reading “SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading ACT III.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Well, we are ready; now then for the justices.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading [_Curtain rises._] "JUSTICES, CONSTABLES, &c., _discovered_."
plural of “constable” — a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
From this reading [_Curtain rises._] "JUSTICES, CONSTABLES, &c., _discovered_."
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.
hang freely
From this reading SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading [_Curtain rises._] "JUSTICES, CONSTABLES, &c., _discovered_."
to come or go into
From this reading SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, we are ready; now then for the justices.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading ACT III.
plural of “justice” — the quality of being just or fair
From this reading Well, we are ready; now then for the justices.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Well, we are ready; now then for the justices.
smoke and exhale strongly
From this reading SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Well, we are ready; now then for the justices.
plural of “rise” — a growth in strength or number or importance
From this reading [_Curtain rises._] "JUSTICES, CONSTABLES, &c., _discovered_."
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.
express through a scornful smile
From this reading SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
From this reading SCENE I.--_The Theatre, before the curtain._ _Enter_ PUFF, SNEER, _and_ DANGLE.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Well, we are ready; now then for the justices.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Well, we are ready; now then for the justices.
(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, we are ready; now then for the justices.
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