Chapter 8 of Complete Plays of John Galsworthy is here in full — 1202 sentences across 241 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Complete Plays of John Galsworthy is here in full — 1202 sentences across 241 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STUDDENHAM. No, Sir. Only birds. We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down. KEITH.
Chapter 8 of Complete Plays of John Galsworthy is here in full — 1202 sentences across 241 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “Only birds.”
a flock of coots
From this reading “We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.”
and nothing more
From this reading “Only birds.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “No, Sir.”
during the time that
From this reading “We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Only birds.
a flock of coots
From this reading We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.
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From this reading We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading KEITH.
not any; not one
From this reading No, Sir.
and nothing more
From this reading Only birds.
term of address for a man
From this reading No, Sir.
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From this reading We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.
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From this reading STUDDENHAM.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.
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From this reading We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.
during the time that
From this reading We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll be doin' the spinneys and the home covert while you're down.
Chapter 8 of Complete Plays of John Galsworthy by John Galsworthy holds 1202 sentences, grouped into 241 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 1202 sentences of Complete Plays of John Galsworthy, unabridged, divided into 241 reading sections.
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