Chapter 17 of Complete Plays of John Galsworthy is here in full — 1203 sentences across 241 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 17 of Complete Plays of John Galsworthy is here in full — 1203 sentences across 241 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOXTON. Afraid I didn't make myself heard. WELLWYN. So good of you to come, Sir Thomas. Canon Bertley!
Chapter 17 of Complete Plays of John Galsworthy is here in full — 1203 sentences across 241 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “Afraid I didn't make myself heard.”
a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy
From this reading “Canon Bertley!”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “So good of you to come, Sir Thomas.”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “Afraid I didn't make myself heard.”
engage in
From this reading “Afraid I didn't make myself heard.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Afraid I didn't make myself heard.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “So good of you to come, Sir Thomas.”
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading “So good of you to come, Sir Thomas.”
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading Afraid I didn't make myself heard.
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From this reading Canon Bertley!
a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy
From this reading Canon Bertley!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading So good of you to come, Sir Thomas.
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From this reading Afraid I didn't make myself heard.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading So good of you to come, Sir Thomas.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Afraid I didn't make myself heard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOXTON.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Afraid I didn't make myself heard.
engage in
From this reading Afraid I didn't make myself heard.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Afraid I didn't make myself heard.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So good of you to come, Sir Thomas.
term of address for a man
From this reading So good of you to come, Sir Thomas.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So good of you to come, Sir Thomas.
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading So good of you to come, Sir Thomas.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So good of you to come, Sir Thomas.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WELLWYN.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So good of you to come, Sir Thomas.
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