Chapter 23 of Lively plays for live people is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Lively plays for live people is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FLO. Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW. (_Gazing at her._) But what, Flossie? Don’t mind me. I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.
Chapter 23 of Lively plays for live people is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a young person of either sex
From this reading “I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.”
dearly loved
From this reading “Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.”
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading “Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “Don’t mind me.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
only a very short time before
From this reading “I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.”
In this reading “I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.”
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 forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading (_Gazing at her._) But what, Flossie?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.
a young person of either sex
From this reading I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t mind me.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_Gazing at her._) But what, Flossie?
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading (_Gazing at her._) But what, Flossie?
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading (_Gazing at her._) But what, Flossie?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Don’t mind me.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Don’t mind me.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.
only a very short time before
From this reading I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I forgot that you are scarcely more than a child.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading (_Gazing at her._) But what, Flossie?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear father, you have always been so good, but—(_pause._) LAW.
Chapter 23 of Lively plays for live people by Thomas S. (Thomas Stewart) Denison holds 414 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.
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