Chapter 13 of Lively plays for live people is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Lively plays for live people is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism. MR. G. No, no, you will have your joke too, Mrs. Fadd. I mean the hospital.
Chapter 13 of Lively plays for live people is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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from appearances alone
From this reading “F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.”
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading “I mean the hospital.”
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.”
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “G. No, no, you will have your joke too, Mrs. Fadd.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “I mean the hospital.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “MRS.”
the time that has elapsed
From this reading “F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.”
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading “F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.”
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In this reading “F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.”
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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 F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
from appearances alone
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading G. No, no, you will have your joke too, Mrs. Fadd.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading G. No, no, you will have your joke too, Mrs. Fadd.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading G. No, no, you will have your joke too, Mrs. Fadd.
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading I mean the hospital.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I mean the hospital.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading G. No, no, you will have your joke too, Mrs. Fadd.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading I mean the hospital.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
not any; not one
From this reading G. No, no, you will have your joke too, Mrs. Fadd.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading G. No, no, you will have your joke too, Mrs. Fadd.
at the time that
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading G. No, no, you will have your joke too, Mrs. Fadd.
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading F. Apparently the day is past when a jest has any relation to a witticism.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading G. No, no, you will have your joke too, Mrs. Fadd.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading G. No, no, you will have your joke too, Mrs. Fadd.
Chapter 13 of Lively plays for live people by Thomas S. (Thomas Stewart) Denison holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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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