Chapter 2 of Jack Straw: A Farce in Three Acts is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Jack Straw: A Farce in Three Acts is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LADY WANLEY. Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day. VON BREMER. The nice young _attaché_ has come to a bad end. I’ve had to send him back to Pomerania.
Chapter 2 of Jack Straw: A Farce in Three Acts is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “The nice young _attaché_ has come to a bad end.”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “The nice young _attaché_ has come to a bad end.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “LADY WANLEY.”
a midday meal
From this reading “Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.”
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading “Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “I’ve had to send him back to Pomerania.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.”
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In this reading “Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.”
In this reading “Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.”
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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 The nice young _attaché_ has come to a bad end.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
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From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I’ve had to send him back to Pomerania.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading The nice young _attaché_ has come to a bad end.
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From this reading VON BREMER.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The nice young _attaché_ has come to a bad end.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The nice young _attaché_ has come to a bad end.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I’ve had to send him back to Pomerania.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The nice young _attaché_ has come to a bad end.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I’ve had to send him back to Pomerania.
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From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
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From this reading I’ve had to send him back to Pomerania.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading LADY WANLEY.
a midday meal
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
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From this reading I’ve had to send him back to Pomerania.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading I’ve had to send him back to Pomerania.
express in words
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The nice young _attaché_ has come to a bad end.
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From this reading VON BREMER.
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From this reading LADY WANLEY.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Tell me, how is that nice young _attaché_ of yours that I met at luncheon the other day.
Chapter 2 of Jack Straw: A Farce in Three Acts by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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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