Chapter 14 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 964 sentences across 193 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 964 sentences across 193 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VAN ELST. If I were you I would stay home the first week. VENNEMA. We'll attend to that later. It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
Chapter 14 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 964 sentences across 193 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.”
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading “We'll attend to that later.”
a state at a particular time
From this reading “It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.”
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading “We'll attend to that later.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “If I were you I would stay home the first week.”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.”
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading “VAN ELST.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “If I were you I would stay home the first week.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “If I were you I would stay home the first week.”
keep in mind for attention or consideration
In this reading “It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading We'll attend to that later.
a state at a particular time
From this reading It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VAN ELST.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading If I were you I would stay home the first week.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading If I were you I would stay home the first week.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I were you I would stay home the first week.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I were you I would stay home the first week.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading We'll attend to that later.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading If I were you I would stay home the first week.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We'll attend to that later.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If I were you I would stay home the first week.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We'll attend to that later.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading VAN ELST.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VENNEMA.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll attend to that later.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading If I were you I would stay home the first week.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If I were you I would stay home the first week.
at the time that
From this reading It is terrible when you think of the condition she was in when we arrived.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If I were you I would stay home the first week.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If I were you I would stay home the first week.
Chapter 14 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Frank [Editor] Shay holds 964 sentences, grouped into 193 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 14 holds 964 sentences of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays, unabridged, divided into 193 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Frank [Editor] Shay exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 964 sentences, grouped into 193 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 193 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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