Chapter 2 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_He takes out the letter_. SHE. Yes.... But why should he not send it direct to _me_? HE.
Chapter 2 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
command with authority
From this reading “But why should he not send it direct to _me_?”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “But why should he not send it direct to _me_?”
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading “_He takes out the letter_.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes....”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But why should he not send it direct to _me_?
command with authority
From this reading But why should he not send it direct to _me_?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _He takes out the letter_.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But why should he not send it direct to _me_?
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading _He takes out the letter_.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But why should he not send it direct to _me_?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But why should he not send it direct to _me_?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading _He takes out the letter_.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading But why should he not send it direct to _me_?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SHE.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading But why should he not send it direct to _me_?
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading _He takes out the letter_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _He takes out the letter_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But why should he not send it direct to _me_?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading But why should he not send it direct to _me_?
an affirmative
From this reading Yes....
Chapter 2 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays by Floyd Dell holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 2 holds 411 sentences of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays by Floyd Dell exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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