Chapter 5 of Plays is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Plays is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CLAIRE: (_desperately_) No, we'll go on. Though I don't know--where we'll end. I can't answer for that. These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged. But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
Chapter 5 of Plays is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
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delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.”
the event consisting of the start of something
with great urgency
past form of “diverge” — move or draw apart
From this reading “These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.”
plural of “laugh” — the sound of laughing
the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known
From this reading “But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.”
plural of “plant” — buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading “These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.”
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
react verbally
From this reading I can't answer for that.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't answer for that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CLAIRE: (_desperately_) No, we'll go on.
with great urgency
From this reading CLAIRE: (_desperately_) No, we'll go on.
past form of “diverge” — move or draw apart
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Though I don't know--where we'll end.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Though I don't know--where we'll end.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I can't answer for that.
set up or found
From this reading But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading CLAIRE: (_desperately_) No, we'll go on.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Though I don't know--where we'll end.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Though I don't know--where we'll end.
plural of “laugh” — the sound of laughing
From this reading But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
not any; not one
From this reading CLAIRE: (_desperately_) No, we'll go on.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading CLAIRE: (_desperately_) No, we'll go on.
the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known
From this reading But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
by chance
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
plural of “plant” — buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
in a shrill voice
From this reading But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I can't answer for that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though I don't know--where we'll end.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CLAIRE: (_desperately_) No, we'll go on.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
in or at the place that
From this reading Though I don't know--where we'll end.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading These plants--(_beginning flounderingly_) Perhaps they are less beautiful--less sound--than the plants from which they diverged.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But they have found--otherness, (_laughs a little shrilly_) If you know--what I mean.
Chapter 5 of Plays by Susan Glaspell holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 5 holds 417 sentences of Plays, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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