Chapter 1 of It pays to advertise is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of It pays to advertise is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
(_PEALE enters from door upper L._) PEALE. Well, well, Rodney Martin, how are you? (_To MARY_) How are you, dear lady? RODNEY. How do you do?
Chapter 1 of It pays to advertise is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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dearly loved
From this reading “(_To MARY_) How are you, dear lady?”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “(_PEALE enters from door upper L._) PEALE.”
third-person singular of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading “(_PEALE enters from door upper L._) PEALE.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “(_To MARY_) How are you, dear lady?”
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “Well, well, Rodney Martin, how are you?”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
the topmost one of two
From this reading “(_PEALE enters from door upper L._) PEALE.”
(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 “Well, well, Rodney Martin, how are you?”
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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In this reading “(_To MARY_) How are you, dear lady?”
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Well, well, Rodney Martin, how are you?
dearly loved
From this reading (_To MARY_) How are you, dear lady?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading How do you do?
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading (_PEALE enters from door upper L._) PEALE.
third-person singular of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading (_PEALE enters from door upper L._) PEALE.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading (_PEALE enters from door upper L._) PEALE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, well, Rodney Martin, how are you?
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading (_PEALE enters from door upper L._) PEALE.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading (_To MARY_) How are you, dear lady?
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading Well, well, Rodney Martin, how are you?
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading (_To MARY_) How are you, dear lady?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_PEALE enters from door upper L._) PEALE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, well, Rodney Martin, how are you?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (_To MARY_) How are you, dear lady?
the topmost one of two
From this reading (_PEALE enters from door upper L._) PEALE.
(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 Well, well, Rodney Martin, how are you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, well, Rodney Martin, how are you?
Chapter 1 of It pays to advertise by Roi Cooper Megrue holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
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