Chapter VIII
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MARY. Why should I stop you? You want to be there. I want to be here. LEONARD.
Mary Broome: A Comedy, in Four Acts
Chapter VIII
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MARY.
Why
should
I
stop
you?
You
want
to
be
there.
I
want
to
be
here.
LEONARD.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Mary Broome: A Comedy, in Four Acts
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Mary Broome: A Comedy, in Four Acts is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
MARY.
/ˈmeri/
Line 2
Why
should
I
stop
you?
/waɪ ʃʊd aɪ stɑːp juː/
Line 3
You
want
to
be
there.
/juː wɑːnt tuː biː ðer/
Line 4
I
want
to
be
here.
/aɪ wɑːnt tuː biː hiːr/
Line 5
LEONARD.
/ˈlenərd/
Learner Dictionary
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in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “I want to be here.”
leonard
noun
US /ˈlenərd/
United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
From this reading “LEONARD.”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “MARY.”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “Why should I stop you?”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “You want to be there.”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You want to be there.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I want to be here.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Why should I stop you?
LEONARDnounUS /ˈlenərd/
United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
From this reading LEONARD.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading MARY.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should I stop you?
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading Why should I stop you?
in or at that place or location
From this reading You want to be there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You want to be there.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading You want to be there.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why should I stop you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why should I stop you?
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