Chapter 4 of Lively plays for live people is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Lively plays for live people is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right. What does the gentleman want? MRS. T. What does he want? he’s a monster!
Chapter 4 of Lively plays for live people is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
From this reading “T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right.”
a man of refinement
From this reading “What does the gentleman want?”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right.”
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading “T. What does he want? he’s a monster!”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “MRS.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “What does the gentleman want?”
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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 T. What does he want? he’s a monster!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What does the gentleman want?
an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
From this reading T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right.
a man of refinement
From this reading What does the gentleman want?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading T. What does he want? he’s a monster!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading T. What does he want? he’s a monster!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right.
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading T. What does he want? he’s a monster!
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right.
precisely, exactly
From this reading T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading T. Never mind the fireside, it’s all right.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading What does the gentleman want?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What does the gentleman want?
Chapter 4 of Lively plays for live people by Thomas S. (Thomas Stewart) Denison holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
Chapter 4 holds 413 sentences of Lively plays for live people, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Lively plays for live people by Thomas S. (Thomas Stewart) Denison exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 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.
Work through the 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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