Chapter 8 of Getting Married is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Getting Married is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
REGINALD. Doctor be--! LEO [admonitorily] Rejjy! REGINALD [to Soames] You take my tip, Anthony. Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
Chapter 8 of Getting Married is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
From this reading “Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.”
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading “REGINALD [to Soames] You take my tip, Anthony.”
(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
From this reading “Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “Doctor be--!”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.”
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
From this reading “LEO [admonitorily] Rejjy!”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.”
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading “REGINALD [to Soames] You take my tip, Anthony.”
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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 Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LEO [admonitorily] Rejjy!
the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
From this reading Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading REGINALD [to Soames] You take my tip, Anthony.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Doctor be--!
(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
From this reading Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Doctor be--!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
From this reading LEO [admonitorily] Rejjy!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading REGINALD [to Soames] You take my tip, Anthony.
not any; not one
From this reading Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading REGINALD.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LEO [admonitorily] Rejjy!
express in words
From this reading Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading REGINALD [to Soames] You take my tip, Anthony.
carry out
From this reading REGINALD [to Soames] You take my tip, Anthony.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Put a clause into that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job.
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading REGINALD [to Soames] You take my tip, Anthony.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading REGINALD [to Soames] You take my tip, Anthony.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading REGINALD [to Soames] You take my tip, Anthony.
Chapter 8 of Getting Married by Bernard Shaw holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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