Chapter 10 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 954 sentences across 191 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 954 sentences across 191 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. LEZINSKY. It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now. They like that. Such another little girl like Mrs. Rooney's Eileen.
Chapter 10 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 954 sentences across 191 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “Such another little girl like Mrs. Rooney's Eileen.”
East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
From this reading “It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.”
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.”
a young female
From this reading “Such another little girl like Mrs. Rooney's Eileen.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “They like that.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “MRS.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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a youthful female person
In this reading “Such another little girl like Mrs. Rooney's Eileen.”
a younger sister
In this reading “It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.”
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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 It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Such another little girl like Mrs. Rooney's Eileen.
East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
From this reading It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Such another little girl like Mrs. Rooney's Eileen.
a young female
From this reading Such another little girl like Mrs. Rooney's Eileen.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LEZINSKY.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading They like that.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Such another little girl like Mrs. Rooney's Eileen.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such another little girl like Mrs. Rooney's Eileen.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They like that.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They like that.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It's time our David and Julius and Benny should have a little sister now.
Chapter 10 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Frank [Editor] Shay holds 954 sentences, grouped into 191 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 10 holds 954 sentences of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays, unabridged, divided into 191 reading sections.
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