Chapter 8 of Plays : First Series is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Plays : First Series is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COLONEL. Hallo! What's the matter with you? Phew! you've got your hair up! Go and tell your aunt your mother's on the lawn.
Chapter 8 of Plays : First Series is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “Go and tell your aunt your mother's on the lawn.”
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 “COLONEL.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Phew! you've got your hair up!”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “Phew! you've got your hair up!”
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading “Go and tell your aunt your mother's on the lawn.”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “What's the matter with you?”
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Go and tell your aunt your mother's on the lawn.”
express in words
From this reading “Go and tell your aunt your mother's on the lawn.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Go and tell your aunt your mother's on the lawn.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading Go and tell your aunt your mother's on the lawn.
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 COLONEL.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go and tell your aunt your mother's on the lawn.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Phew! you've got your hair up!
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Phew! you've got your hair up!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hallo!
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading Go and tell your aunt your mother's on the lawn.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading What's the matter with you?
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Go and tell your aunt your mother's on the lawn.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Go and tell your aunt your mother's on the lawn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Phew! you've got your hair up!
express in words
From this reading Go and tell your aunt your mother's on the lawn.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What's the matter with you?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Phew! you've got your hair up!
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From this reading What's the matter with you?
in the company of; together with
From this reading What's the matter with you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What's the matter with you?
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From this reading Phew! you've got your hair up!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Phew! you've got your hair up!
Chapter 8 of Plays : First Series by John Galsworthy holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 8 holds 398 sentences of Plays : First Series, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Plays : First Series by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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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