Chapter 3 of Graft: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Graft: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
(_Lucy and Walter shake hands, R._) Walter. Good-night. (_Exit Walter, r. A slight pause. Stephen eyes Lucy from head to foot before speaking.
Chapter 3 of Graft: A Comedy in Four Acts is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an opening that permits escape or release
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “Stephen eyes Lucy from head to foot before speaking.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “A slight pause.”
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading “(_Lucy and Walter shake hands, R._) Walter.”
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading “A slight pause.”
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading “Stephen eyes Lucy from head to foot before speaking.”
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading “Stephen eyes Lucy from head to foot before speaking.”
German conductor (1876-1962)
From this reading “(_Lucy and Walter shake hands, R._) Walter.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation
In this reading “(_Lucy and Walter shake hands, R._) Walter.”
In this reading “A slight pause.”
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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 A slight pause.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading (_Lucy and Walter shake hands, R._) Walter.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Stephen eyes Lucy from head to foot before speaking.
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading (_Exit Walter, r.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Stephen eyes Lucy from head to foot before speaking.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Stephen eyes Lucy from head to foot before speaking.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Stephen eyes Lucy from head to foot before speaking.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good-night.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading (_Lucy and Walter shake hands, R._) Walter.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Stephen eyes Lucy from head to foot before speaking.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading (_Lucy and Walter shake hands, R._) Walter.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading A slight pause.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading (_Lucy and Walter shake hands, R._) Walter.
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading (_Lucy and Walter shake hands, R._) Walter.
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading A slight pause.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading Stephen eyes Lucy from head to foot before speaking.
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading Stephen eyes Lucy from head to foot before speaking.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Stephen eyes Lucy from head to foot before speaking.
German conductor (1876-1962)
From this reading (_Lucy and Walter shake hands, R._) Walter.
Chapter 3 of Graft: A Comedy in Four Acts by Harold Brighouse holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 3 holds 407 sentences of Graft: A Comedy in Four Acts, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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