Chapter 9 of Plays is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Plays is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FEJEVARY: Yes. Good old Colonel. SILAS: You'd had a long run o' off luck. Hadn't got things back in shape since the war. But say, you didn't lose him, did you?
Chapter 9 of Plays is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “Good old Colonel.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “But say, you didn't lose him, did you?”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “SILAS: You'd had a long run o' off luck.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “SILAS: You'd had a long run o' off luck.”
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading “Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.”
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading “Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.”
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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 SILAS: You'd had a long run o' off luck.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But say, you didn't lose him, did you?
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading Good old Colonel.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But say, you didn't lose him, did you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But say, you didn't lose him, did you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FEJEVARY: Yes.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good old Colonel.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading SILAS: You'd had a long run o' off luck.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But say, you didn't lose him, did you?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading SILAS: You'd had a long run o' off luck.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading But say, you didn't lose him, did you?
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading SILAS: You'd had a long run o' off luck.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading SILAS: You'd had a long run o' off luck.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading SILAS: You'd had a long run o' off luck.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Good old Colonel.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading SILAS: You'd had a long run o' off luck.
express in words
From this reading But say, you didn't lose him, did you?
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SILAS: You'd had a long run o' off luck.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading Hadn't got things back in shape since the war.
an affirmative
From this reading FEJEVARY: Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But say, you didn't lose him, did you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SILAS: You'd had a long run o' off luck.
Chapter 9 of Plays by Susan Glaspell holds 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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 9 holds 423 sentences of Plays, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Plays by Susan Glaspell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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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