Chapter 21 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 961 sentences across 193 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 961 sentences across 193 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ADOLF. From her lover, I agree. There you spoke the truth. [_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband. THEKLA.
Chapter 21 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 961 sentences across 193 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading “From her lover, I agree.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “[_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.”
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “[_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.”
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading “From her lover, I agree.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “[_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “There you spoke the truth.”
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading “[_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.”
a fact that has been verified
From this reading “There you spoke the truth.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading [_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.
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From this reading ADOLF.
be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading From her lover, I agree.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading [_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From her lover, I agree.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading From her lover, I agree.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading [_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading From her lover, I agree.
and nothing more
From this reading [_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading [_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading From her lover, I agree.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading [_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading There you spoke the truth.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading [_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There you spoke the truth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THEKLA.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There you spoke the truth.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading There you spoke the truth.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.
in the company of; together with
From this reading [_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There you spoke the truth.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [_With a step to the left._] I was just your lover, but never your husband.
Chapter 21 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Frank [Editor] Shay holds 961 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 21 holds 961 sentences of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays, unabridged, divided into 193 reading sections.
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