Chapter 4 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 988 sentences across 198 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 988 sentences across 198 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MADAME BAIL. As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice. LAMBLIN. Do you have to go out? MADAME BAIL.
Chapter 4 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 988 sentences across 198 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.
release after a security has been paid
From this reading “MADAME BAIL.”
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading “As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Do you have to go out?”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.”
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading “MADAME BAIL.”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.”
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading “As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.”
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move out of or depart from
In this reading “Do you have to go out?”
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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 As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.
release after a security has been paid
From this reading MADAME BAIL.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you have to go out?
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Do you have to go out?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Do you have to go out?
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LAMBLIN.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading MADAME BAIL.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Do you have to go out?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Do you have to go out?
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading As a matter of fact, I hope the weather will be nice.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you have to go out?
Chapter 4 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Frank [Editor] Shay holds 988 sentences, grouped into 198 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 4 holds 988 sentences of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays, unabridged, divided into 198 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Frank [Editor] Shay exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 988 sentences, grouped into 198 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 198 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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