Chapter 6 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 981 sentences across 197 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 981 sentences across 197 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOWNSMAN [_kisses child_]. A heart of gold has my little Phillip. A disposition like butter. He gets that from me. TOWNSMAN.
Chapter 6 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 981 sentences across 197 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
From this reading “A disposition like butter.”
a young person of either sex
your usual mood
From this reading “A disposition like butter.”
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading “He gets that from me.”
coins made of gold
From this reading “A heart of gold has my little Phillip.”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “A heart of gold has my little Phillip.”
plural of “kiss” — the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
a person from the same town as yourself
From this reading “TOWNSMAN [_kisses child_].”
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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 A heart of gold has my little Phillip.
an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
From this reading A disposition like butter.
a young person of either sex
From this reading TOWNSMAN [_kisses child_].
your usual mood
From this reading A disposition like butter.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He gets that from me.
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading He gets that from me.
coins made of gold
From this reading A heart of gold has my little Phillip.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A heart of gold has my little Phillip.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He gets that from me.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading A heart of gold has my little Phillip.
plural of “kiss” — the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading TOWNSMAN [_kisses child_].
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading A disposition like butter.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A heart of gold has my little Phillip.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He gets that from me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A heart of gold has my little Phillip.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A heart of gold has my little Phillip.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A heart of gold has my little Phillip.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He gets that from me.
a person from the same town as yourself
From this reading TOWNSMAN [_kisses child_].
Chapter 6 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Frank [Editor] Shay holds 981 sentences, grouped into 197 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 981 sentences of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays, unabridged, divided into 197 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Frank [Editor] Shay exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 981 sentences, grouped into 197 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 197 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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