Chapter 10 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Enter Messenger. Welcome, sir. Your news at once, Plainly and nakedly. Messenger. Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
Chapter 10 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “attack” — launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
From this reading “Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.”
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
From this reading “Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.”
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading “Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.”
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading “Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.”
a person who carries a message
From this reading “Enter Messenger.”
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading “Your news at once, Plainly and nakedly.”
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading “Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.”
people who have been slain (as in battle)
From this reading “Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.”
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.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “Your news at once, Plainly and nakedly.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Your news at once, Plainly and nakedly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Your news at once, Plainly and nakedly.
past form of “attack” — launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
to come or go into
From this reading Enter Messenger.
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
roused to anger
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
a person who carries a message
From this reading Enter Messenger.
in an exposed manner; without protection or defense
From this reading Your news at once, Plainly and nakedly.
information about recent and important events
From this reading Your news at once, Plainly and nakedly.
on one occasion
From this reading Your news at once, Plainly and nakedly.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading Your news at once, Plainly and nakedly.
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
term of address for a man
From this reading Welcome, sir.
people who have been slain (as in battle)
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
accept gladly
From this reading Welcome, sir.
belonging to which person
From this reading Comyn is dead: Slain in Dumfries by Bruce; whose party then, Led by the fiery Edward, mad as he, Attacked and seized the castle.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your news at once, Plainly and nakedly.
Chapter 10 of Plays — And Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime by John [Adapter] Davidson holds 259 sentences, grouped into 52 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.
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