Chapter 28 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 963 sentences across 193 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 963 sentences across 193 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
INKWELL. Would you mind skipping the scene to-day? I'll wear a foot-ball suit to-morrow. SUD [_in scorn_]. Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.
Chapter 28 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 963 sentences across 193 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a theatrical performer
From this reading “Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.”
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading “Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.”
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
From this reading “Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “Would you mind skipping the scene to-day?”
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
inflected form of “skip” — bypass
From this reading “Would you mind skipping the scene to-day?”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “I'll wear a foot-ball suit to-morrow.”
be dressed in
From this reading “I'll wear a foot-ball suit to-morrow.”
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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 I'll wear a foot-ball suit to-morrow.
a theatrical performer
From this reading Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll wear a foot-ball suit to-morrow.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll wear a foot-ball suit to-morrow.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SUD [_in scorn_].
a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped
From this reading INKWELL.
and nothing more
From this reading Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Would you mind skipping the scene to-day?
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
From this reading Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading Would you mind skipping the scene to-day?
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
From this reading SUD [_in scorn_].
inflected form of “skip” — bypass
From this reading Would you mind skipping the scene to-day?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SUD [_in scorn_].
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading I'll wear a foot-ball suit to-morrow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Would you mind skipping the scene to-day?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Just like an actor to have a personal prejudice against a part.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Would you mind skipping the scene to-day?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll wear a foot-ball suit to-morrow.
be dressed in
From this reading I'll wear a foot-ball suit to-morrow.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would you mind skipping the scene to-day?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Would you mind skipping the scene to-day?
Chapter 28 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Frank [Editor] Shay holds 963 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 28 holds 963 sentences of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays, unabridged, divided into 193 reading sections.
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