Chapter 6 of Mary Broome: A Comedy, in Four Acts is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Mary Broome: A Comedy, in Four Acts is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LEONARD. Ah! Yes. It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch. I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.
Chapter 6 of Mary Broome: A Comedy, in Four Acts is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
From this reading “I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.”
United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
From this reading “LEONARD.”
a feeling of joy and pride
From this reading “It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.”
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.”
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
From this reading “It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.”
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading “It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.”
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In this reading “I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.”
In this reading “It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.”
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From this reading Ah!
(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 It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
From this reading I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
and nothing more
From this reading I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.
United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
From this reading LEONARD.
a feeling of joy and pride
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
on the contrary
From this reading I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I was rather stupid just now with Mrs. Greaves.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It would spoil you to understand these things; and I'm losing all my lightness of touch.
Chapter 6 of Mary Broome: A Comedy, in Four Acts by Allan Monkhouse holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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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