Chapter 15 of Plays : Fifth Series is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Plays : Fifth Series is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR MARCH. [Pricking his ears] What? Have you had dealings with them? BLY. Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.
Chapter 15 of Plays : Fifth Series is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a female human offspring
From this reading “Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.”
social or verbal interchange (usually followed by “with”)
From this reading “Have you had dealings with them?”
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “[Pricking his ears] What?”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you had dealings with them?”
march in a procession
From this reading “MR MARCH.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.”
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
From this reading “Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.”
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From this reading BLY.
a female human offspring
From this reading Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.
social or verbal interchange (usually followed by “with”)
From this reading Have you had dealings with them?
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading [Pricking his ears] What?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Have you had dealings with them?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you had dealings with them?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading [Pricking his ears] What?
march in a procession
From this reading MR MARCH.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR MARCH.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.
above and across; more than
From this reading Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.
the act of puncturing with a small point
From this reading [Pricking his ears] What?
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
From this reading Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Have you had dealings with them?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Over the reprieve that was got up for my daughter.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading [Pricking his ears] What?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Have you had dealings with them?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you had dealings with them?
Chapter 15 of Plays : Fifth Series by John Galsworthy holds 396 sentences, grouped into 80 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 15 holds 396 sentences of Plays : Fifth Series, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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