Chapter 33 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 995 sentences across 199 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 33 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 995 sentences across 199 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE NEIGHBOR. Now, grannie, what would ye be sayin'? There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home. [_Then to the woman._] Ain't they late? THE WOMAN.
Chapter 33 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 995 sentences across 199 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in or to any place
From this reading “There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.”
plural of “block” — a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading “There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.”
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading “There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.”
plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
From this reading “There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.”
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
From this reading “There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.”
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “THE NEIGHBOR.”
a full supply
From this reading “There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.”
plural of “pole” — a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
From this reading “There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.”
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In this reading “There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.”
In this reading “There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Then to the woman._] Ain't they late?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
at or in or to any place
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Now, grannie, what would ye be sayin'?
plural of “block” — a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading Now, grannie, what would ye be sayin'?
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading [_Then to the woman._] Ain't they late?
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading THE NEIGHBOR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, grannie, what would ye be sayin'?
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
a full supply
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
plural of “pole” — a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now, grannie, what would ye be sayin'?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NEIGHBOR.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading [_Then to the woman._] Ain't they late?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [_Then to the woman._] Ain't they late?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading There's niver a hedge anywhere but granite blocks an' electric light poles an' plenty o' light in the city for thim to see all their way home.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Now, grannie, what would ye be sayin'?
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading [_Then to the woman._] Ain't they late?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Now, grannie, what would ye be sayin'?
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Now, grannie, what would ye be sayin'?
Chapter 33 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Frank [Editor] Shay holds 995 sentences, grouped into 199 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 33 holds 995 sentences of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays, unabridged, divided into 199 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 33 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Frank [Editor] Shay exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 995 sentences, grouped into 199 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 199 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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