Chapter 2 of Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right. I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl. DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on? MRS.
Chapter 2 of Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right.”
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading “I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.”
failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
From this reading “DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.”
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.”
express in speech
From this reading “DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right.”
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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 I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
(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 BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right.
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From this reading BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
at any time
From this reading I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right.
a young female
From this reading I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
precisely, exactly
From this reading BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
express in speech
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I've had my knife into that sort ever since I was a girl.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading BRAMSON: I'll get hold of what he's thinking, all right.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading DORA: Oh, mum, if I got him to let you speak to him--d'you think I could stay on?
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