Chapter 35 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 35 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays is here in full — 963 sentences across 193 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BENVENUTA. None, Mother. ABBESS. Answer me truly, Benvenuta. You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
Chapter 35 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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react verbally
From this reading “Answer me truly, Benvenuta.”
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading “You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.”
-ing form of “contemplate” — look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
From this reading “You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.”
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading “You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “None, Mother.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “None, Mother.”
remorse for your past conduct
From this reading “You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “Answer me truly, Benvenuta.”
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In this reading “You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.”
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the superior of a group of nuns
From this reading ABBESS.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
react verbally
From this reading Answer me truly, Benvenuta.
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BENVENUTA.
-ing form of “contemplate” — look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
From this reading You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Answer me truly, Benvenuta.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading None, Mother.
not one, and not any
From this reading None, Mother.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
remorse for your past conduct
From this reading You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Answer me truly, Benvenuta.
in the company of; together with
From this reading You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have not been contemplating some penance, and so been filled with anxiety.
Chapter 35 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 35 holds 963 sentences of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays, unabridged, divided into 193 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 35 of Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Frank [Editor] Shay exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 963 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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