Chapter 3 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime is here in full — 311 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime is here in full — 311 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Enter Onesta. Onesta! Hangs this gear where it did? Onesta. Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.
Chapter 3 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime is here in full — 311 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading “Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.”
to come or go into
From this reading “Enter Onesta.”
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
From this reading “Hangs this gear where it did?”
plural of “hang” — a special way of doing something
From this reading “Hangs this gear where it did?”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading “Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.”
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on everybody's mind
In this reading “Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.”
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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 Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Hangs this gear where it did?
to come or go into
From this reading Enter Onesta.
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
From this reading Hangs this gear where it did?
plural of “hang” — a special way of doing something
From this reading Hangs this gear where it did?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Hangs this gear where it did?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Enter Onesta.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Hangs this gear where it did?
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Alack, alack, it hangs together like a snow-shower in the air.
in or at the place that
From this reading Hangs this gear where it did?
Chapter 3 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime by John [Adapter] Davidson holds 311 sentences, grouped into 63 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 311 sentences of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime, unabridged, divided into 63 reading sections.
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