Chapter 6 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They go out, repeating their new names. Mary-Jane and May Montgomery re-enter immediately. May. Sweet mother, do you know how well you look? They all think you at least as young as I. Mary-Jane.
Chapter 6 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading “Mary-Jane and May Montgomery re-enter immediately.”
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading “They all think you at least as young as I. Mary-Jane.”
Canadian novelist (1874-1942)
From this reading “Mary-Jane and May Montgomery re-enter immediately.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Sweet mother, do you know how well you look?”
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading “They go out, repeating their new names.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “They go out, repeating their new names.”
the act of doing or performing again
From this reading “They go out, repeating their new names.”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “Sweet mother, do you know how well you look?”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
move out of or depart from
In this reading “They go out, repeating their new names.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 They all think you at least as young as I. Mary-Jane.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mary-Jane and May Montgomery re-enter immediately.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They all think you at least as young as I. Mary-Jane.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They all think you at least as young as I. Mary-Jane.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Sweet mother, do you know how well you look?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading They go out, repeating their new names.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sweet mother, do you know how well you look?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading They all think you at least as young as I. Mary-Jane.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Mary-Jane and May Montgomery re-enter immediately.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Sweet mother, do you know how well you look?
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading They all think you at least as young as I. Mary-Jane.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Sweet mother, do you know how well you look?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mary-Jane and May Montgomery re-enter immediately.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Mary-Jane and May Montgomery re-enter immediately.
Canadian novelist (1874-1942)
From this reading Mary-Jane and May Montgomery re-enter immediately.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Sweet mother, do you know how well you look?
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading They go out, repeating their new names.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading They go out, repeating their new names.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading They go out, repeating their new names.
enter again
From this reading Mary-Jane and May Montgomery re-enter immediately.
the act of doing or performing again
From this reading They go out, repeating their new names.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Sweet mother, do you know how well you look?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They go out, repeating their new names.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They go out, repeating their new names.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading They all think you at least as young as I. Mary-Jane.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Sweet mother, do you know how well you look?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sweet mother, do you know how well you look?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading They all think you at least as young as I. Mary-Jane.
Chapter 6 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime by John [Adapter] Davidson holds 353 sentences, grouped into 71 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 6 holds 353 sentences of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
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