Chapter 3 of Love for Love: A Comedy is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Love for Love: A Comedy is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TATT. For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate. SCAN. Pray sing the first song in the last new play. SONG.
Chapter 3 of Love for Love: A Comedy is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
From this reading “For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.”
possessive form of “heaven” — any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “Pray sing the first song in the last new play.”
examine minutely or intensely
From this reading “SCAN.”
deliver by singing
From this reading “Pray sing the first song in the last new play.”
a short musical composition with words
From this reading “Pray sing the first song in the last new play.”
not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
From this reading “For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.”
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used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Pray sing the first song in the last new play.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
possessive form of “heaven” — any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
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From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pray sing the first song in the last new play.
immediately past
From this reading Pray sing the first song in the last new play.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Pray sing the first song in the last new play.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
participate in games or sport
From this reading Pray sing the first song in the last new play.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading Pray sing the first song in the last new play.
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
express in words
From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
examine minutely or intensely
From this reading SCAN.
deliver by singing
From this reading Pray sing the first song in the last new play.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading Pray sing the first song in the last new play.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TATT.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Pray sing the first song in the last new play.
not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
precisely as stated
From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading For heaven’s sake, if you do guess, say nothing; Gad, I’m very unfortunate.
Chapter 3 of Love for Love: A Comedy by William Congreve holds 282 sentences, grouped into 57 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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