Chapter 8 of Masks, with Jim's beast, Tides, Among the lions, The reason, The house one is here in full — 491 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Masks, with Jim's beast, Tides, Among the lions, The reason, The house one is here in full — 491 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected. SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of. RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh? SABINE (_Slowly_) _All_ alike. Yes.
Chapter 8 of Masks, with Jim's beast, Tides, Among the lions, The reason, The house one is here in full — 491 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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equally
From this reading “RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh?”
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of.”
plural of “like” — a similar kind
From this reading “SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of.”
kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss
From this reading “RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected.”
plural of “reputation” — the state of being held in high esteem and honor
From this reading “RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected.”
a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico
From this reading “SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of.”
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh?”
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In this reading “RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected.”
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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 SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of.
later than; following
From this reading RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh?
equally
From this reading RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh?
(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 RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh?
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of.
plural of “like” — a similar kind
From this reading SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected.
not any; not one
From this reading SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of.
and nothing more
From this reading RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected.
kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss
From this reading RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected.
plural of “reputation” — the state of being held in high esteem and honor
From this reading RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected.
a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico
From this reading SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh?
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading RANDOLPH (_At the door_) Our reputations must be protected.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SABINE No man likes to be made a fool of.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading RANDOLPH (_Slowly_) After all, she’s only a woman and they’re all alike, eh?
an affirmative
From this reading Yes.
Chapter 8 of Masks, with Jim's beast, Tides, Among the lions, The reason, The house one by George Middleton holds 491 sentences, grouped into 99 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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