Chapter 8 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MAID. What did you think you would see? THE STRANGER. See? I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
Chapter 8 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading “I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.”
emanating from God
From this reading “I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.”
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading “I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.”
a female domestic
From this reading “THE MAID.”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.”
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading “THE STRANGER.”
belonging to which person
From this reading “I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.”
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
the trait of being adventurous
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What did you think you would see?
emanating from God
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
a female domestic
From this reading THE MAID.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading What did you think you would see?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading THE STRANGER.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MAID.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading What did you think you would see?
impossible to quench
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What did you think you would see?
belonging to which person
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading I shall see a woman whose soul burns with an unquenchable flame of divine adventurousness.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What did you think you would see?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What did you think you would see?
Chapter 8 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays by Floyd Dell holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 8 holds 406 sentences of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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