Chapter 6 of Dandy Dick: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Dandy Dick: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SIR TRISTRAM. Don't, don't--be a man, George, be a man! GEORGIANA. [_Shutting her umbrella._] I know I'm dreadfully effeminate. There--Tidd's himself again!
Chapter 6 of Dandy Dick: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of a dreadful kind
From this reading “[_Shutting her umbrella._] I know I'm dreadfully effeminate.”
having unsuitable feminine qualities
From this reading “[_Shutting her umbrella._] I know I'm dreadfully effeminate.”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “Don't, don't--be a man, George, be a man!”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “There--Tidd's himself again!”
the act of closing something
term of address for a man
From this reading “SIR TRISTRAM.”
(Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
From this reading “SIR TRISTRAM.”
a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
From this reading “[_Shutting her umbrella._] I know I'm dreadfully effeminate.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Don't, don't--be a man, George, be a man!
anew
From this reading There--Tidd's himself again!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Don't, don't--be a man, George, be a man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't, don't--be a man, George, be a man!
of a dreadful kind
From this reading [_Shutting her umbrella._] I know I'm dreadfully effeminate.
having unsuitable feminine qualities
From this reading [_Shutting her umbrella._] I know I'm dreadfully effeminate.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading Don't, don't--be a man, George, be a man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GEORGIANA.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [_Shutting her umbrella._] I know I'm dreadfully effeminate.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading There--Tidd's himself again!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [_Shutting her umbrella._] I know I'm dreadfully effeminate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Shutting her umbrella._] I know I'm dreadfully effeminate.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading [_Shutting her umbrella._] I know I'm dreadfully effeminate.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Don't, don't--be a man, George, be a man!
the act of closing something
From this reading [_Shutting her umbrella._] I know I'm dreadfully effeminate.
term of address for a man
From this reading SIR TRISTRAM.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There--Tidd's himself again!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There--Tidd's himself again!
(Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
From this reading SIR TRISTRAM.
a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
From this reading [_Shutting her umbrella._] I know I'm dreadfully effeminate.
Chapter 6 of Dandy Dick: A Play in Three Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 6 holds 411 sentences of Dandy Dick: A Play in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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