Chapter 3 of Miss Civilization: A Comedy in One Act is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Miss Civilization: A Comedy in One Act is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALICE: Fame! Oh, how interesting. Are you--a celebrity? HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be. Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.
Chapter 3 of Miss Civilization: A Comedy in One Act is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a widely known person
From this reading “Are you--a celebrity?”
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading “ALICE: Fame!”
emerge from the eggs
From this reading “HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be.”
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading “Oh, how interesting.”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be.”
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading “Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.”
the day after today
From this reading “Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.”
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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 Are you--a celebrity?
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALICE: Fame!
(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 Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you--a celebrity?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be.
a widely known person
From this reading Are you--a celebrity?
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading ALICE: Fame!
emerge from the eggs
From this reading HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, how interesting.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be.
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading Oh, how interesting.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, how interesting.
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be.
the day after today
From this reading Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading HATCH: I'm quite as well known as I care to be.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Now, tomorrow, all the papers will be talking about this.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you--a celebrity?
Chapter 3 of Miss Civilization: A Comedy in One Act by Richard Harding Davis holds 240 sentences, grouped into 48 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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