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Chapter 3 of Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RAMSDEN. Oh, you shan't need to. She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback. OCTAVIUS. [anxiously] What drawback is that, Mr Ramsden? I should rather say which of my many drawbacks?
Chapter 3 of Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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consider or hold as true
From this reading “She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.”
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading “OCTAVIUS. [anxiously] What drawback is that, Mr Ramsden?”
third-person singular of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.”
the quality of being a hindrance
From this reading “She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.”
plural of “drawback” — the quality of being a hindrance
From this reading “I should rather say which of my many drawbacks?”
a condition requiring relief
From this reading “Oh, you shan't need to.”
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading “She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.”
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consider or hold as true
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading OCTAVIUS. [anxiously] What drawback is that, Mr Ramsden?
third-person singular of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
a youthful male person
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
the quality of being a hindrance
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
plural of “drawback” — the quality of being a hindrance
From this reading I should rather say which of my many drawbacks?
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I should rather say which of my many drawbacks?
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading OCTAVIUS. [anxiously] What drawback is that, Mr Ramsden?
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading I should rather say which of my many drawbacks?
a form of address for a man
From this reading OCTAVIUS. [anxiously] What drawback is that, Mr Ramsden?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading Oh, you shan't need to.
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From this reading OCTAVIUS. [anxiously] What drawback is that, Mr Ramsden?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I should rather say which of my many drawbacks?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, you shan't need to.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
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From this reading RAMSDEN.
on the contrary
From this reading I should rather say which of my many drawbacks?
express in words
From this reading I should rather say which of my many drawbacks?
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, you shan't need to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I should rather say which of my many drawbacks?
happening unexpectedly
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading OCTAVIUS. [anxiously] What drawback is that, Mr Ramsden?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Oh, you shan't need to.
precisely as stated
From this reading She'll accept you, my boy--although [here he suddenly becomes very serious indeed] you have one great drawback.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading OCTAVIUS. [anxiously] What drawback is that, Mr Ramsden?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I should rather say which of my many drawbacks?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, you shan't need to.
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