Chapter 11 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MAID. Do you approve of folly, then? THE GYPSY. It is the thing that makes life worth living. I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
Chapter 11 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in the front
From this reading “I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.”
give sanction to
From this reading “Do you approve of folly, then?”
bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude
From this reading “I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.”
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading “I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.”
make void or empty of contents
From this reading “I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.”
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading “Do you approve of folly, then?”
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
From this reading “THE GYPSY.”
a female domestic
From this reading “THE MAID.”
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at or in the front
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
give sanction to
From this reading Do you approve of folly, then?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you approve of folly, then?
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading Do you approve of folly, then?
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
From this reading THE GYPSY.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is the thing that makes life worth living.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is the thing that makes life worth living.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading It is the thing that makes life worth living.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading It is the thing that makes life worth living.
a female domestic
From this reading THE MAID.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading It is the thing that makes life worth living.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Do you approve of folly, then?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is the thing that makes life worth living.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MAID.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Do you approve of folly, then?
a special situation
From this reading It is the thing that makes life worth living.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading It is the thing that makes life worth living.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I have committed every kind of folly I know, and the world would be dull and empty if I did not think that some new and greater folly lay ahead.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you approve of folly, then?
Chapter 11 of King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays by Floyd Dell holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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