Chapter 1 of Graft: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Graft: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chauff. (_crossing back to Stephen_). Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all. Aw am among the nobs. Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.
Chapter 1 of Graft: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
From this reading “Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.”
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “Aw am among the nobs.”
informal intensifiers
From this reading “Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.”
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading “Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.”
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
From this reading “Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.”
traveling across
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading “Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.”
English writer (1832-1904)
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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 Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
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From this reading Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.
a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
From this reading Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
(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 Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Aw am among the nobs.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Aw am among the nobs.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.
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From this reading Aw am among the nobs.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading (_crossing back to Stephen_).
informal intensifiers
From this reading Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.
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From this reading Chauff.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
From this reading Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.
traveling across
From this reading (_crossing back to Stephen_).
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From this reading Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
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From this reading Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aw am among the nobs.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading (_crossing back to Stephen_).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (_crossing back to Stephen_).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.
at the time that
From this reading Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Foine language from a tahn alderman with the Church lookin' on an' all.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Abart toime aw cleared when a tahn 'as a bally hobject the loikes of you for an alderman.
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