Chapter 3 of More Portmanteau Plays is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of More Portmanteau Plays is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GAKI Lady, I am here again. It seemed to me that I must return to you. Something seemed to call. (_Aoyagi almost collapses_) I feed! I feed!
Chapter 3 of More Portmanteau Plays is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “(_Aoyagi almost collapses_) I feed!”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Something seemed to call.”
plural of “collapse” — an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
provide as food
From this reading “(_Aoyagi almost collapses_) I feed!”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “THE GAKI Lady, I am here again.”
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “It seemed to me that I must return to you.”
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “It seemed to me that I must return to you.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something seemed to call.”
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anew
From this reading THE GAKI Lady, I am here again.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading (_Aoyagi almost collapses_) I feed!
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading THE GAKI Lady, I am here again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_Aoyagi almost collapses_) I feed!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Something seemed to call.
plural of “collapse” — an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
From this reading (_Aoyagi almost collapses_) I feed!
provide as food
From this reading (_Aoyagi almost collapses_) I feed!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GAKI Lady, I am here again.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading THE GAKI Lady, I am here again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE GAKI Lady, I am here again.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to me that I must return to you.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading THE GAKI Lady, I am here again.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed to me that I must return to you.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It seemed to me that I must return to you.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading It seemed to me that I must return to you.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed to me that I must return to you.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something seemed to call.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed to me that I must return to you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GAKI Lady, I am here again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed to me that I must return to you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It seemed to me that I must return to you.
Chapter 3 of More Portmanteau Plays by Stuart Walker holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
Chapter 3 holds 405 sentences of More Portmanteau Plays, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of More Portmanteau Plays by Stuart Walker exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 405 sentences, grouped into 81 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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