Chapter 3 of Icebound: A Play is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Icebound: A Play is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EMMA Seems so. I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him. HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind? JANE I’m sorry. EMMA You can leave that for us to be.
Chapter 3 of Icebound: A Play is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/89 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?”
go away from a place
From this reading “EMMA You can leave that for us to be.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?”
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “EMMA Seems so.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “JANE I’m sorry.”
the act of using
From this reading “HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?”
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading EMMA You can leave that for us to be.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading EMMA You can leave that for us to be.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
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From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
a quad with a square body
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
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From this reading EMMA Seems so.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading EMMA You can leave that for us to be.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
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From this reading JANE I’m sorry.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
go away from a place
From this reading EMMA You can leave that for us to be.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading EMMA Seems so.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading EMMA Seems so.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading JANE I’m sorry.
carry out
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading EMMA You can leave that for us to be.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading EMMA You can leave that for us to be.
the act of using
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
which person or people
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
but in spite of that
From this reading I never knew one of ’em yet who didn’t seem to think he could take it with him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HENRY Well, Jane, I don’t know as it’s any use tryin’ to get you to change your mind?
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