Chapter 3 of Plays for small stages is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Plays for small stages is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MISS JENNINGS. They convince me! When love is dead—how could she stay? Don’t you remember those beautiful lines: “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
Chapter 3 of Plays for small stages is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
From this reading “They convince me!”
plural of “die” — a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
From this reading ““The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.”
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “Don’t you remember those beautiful lines:”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Don’t you remember those beautiful lines:”
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading ““The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “When love is dead—how could she stay?”
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading ““The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading ““The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.”
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In this reading ““The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.”
In this reading ““The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.”
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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 “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Don’t you remember those beautiful lines:
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
From this reading They convince me!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading When love is dead—how could she stay?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading When love is dead—how could she stay?
plural of “die” — a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
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From this reading Don’t you remember those beautiful lines:
opinion or judgment
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When love is dead—how could she stay?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When love is dead—how could she stay?
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From this reading MISS JENNINGS.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Don’t you remember those beautiful lines:
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading When love is dead—how could she stay?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They convince me!
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading MISS JENNINGS.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
To recall to mind.
From this reading Don’t you remember those beautiful lines:
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When love is dead—how could she stay?
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading When love is dead—how could she stay?
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They convince me!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Don’t you remember those beautiful lines:
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
at the time that
From this reading When love is dead—how could she stay?
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
but in spite of that
From this reading “The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one, Yet the light of the whole world dies with the setting sun.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Don’t you remember those beautiful lines:
Chapter 3 of Plays for small stages by Mary Aldis holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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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