Chapter 8 of Children's Classics in Dramatic Form is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Children's Classics in Dramatic Form is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_). Please to accept this chain. By that I shall know I too am forgiven. FIRST COUNTRYMAN (_accepting chain; putting it on_). Thou art forgiven.
Chapter 8 of Children's Classics in Dramatic Form is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
consider or hold as true
From this reading “Please to accept this chain.”
tolerating without protest
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Thou art forgiven.”
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
From this reading “Please to accept this chain.”
a man from your own country
From this reading “SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_).”
inflected form of “forgive” — stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “By that I shall know I too am forgiven.”
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading “FIRST COUNTRYMAN (_accepting chain; putting it on_).”
a witty amusing person who makes jokes
From this reading “SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_).”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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consider or hold as true
From this reading Please to accept this chain.
tolerating without protest
From this reading FIRST COUNTRYMAN (_accepting chain; putting it on_).
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading By that I shall know I too am forgiven.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou art forgiven.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By that I shall know I too am forgiven.
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
From this reading SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_).
a man from your own country
From this reading SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_).
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_).
inflected form of “forgive” — stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading By that I shall know I too am forgiven.
coins made of gold
From this reading SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_).
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_).
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading By that I shall know I too am forgiven.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading FIRST COUNTRYMAN (_accepting chain; putting it on_).
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading By that I shall know I too am forgiven.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_).
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading FIRST COUNTRYMAN (_accepting chain; putting it on_).
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Please to accept this chain.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading FIRST COUNTRYMAN (_accepting chain; putting it on_).
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_).
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading By that I shall know I too am forgiven.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_).
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading By that I shall know I too am forgiven.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Please to accept this chain.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou art forgiven.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_).
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading By that I shall know I too am forgiven.
a witty amusing person who makes jokes
From this reading SECOND WAG (_to First Countryman, taking off his gold chain_).
Chapter 8 of Children's Classics in Dramatic Form by Augusta Stevenson holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 8 holds 403 sentences of Children's Classics in Dramatic Form, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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