Chapter 7 of Plays : Fourth Series is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Plays : Fourth Series is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind. PRESS. Ah! [Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William. If you could just open out on them a little more?
Chapter 7 of Plays : Fourth Series is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.”
every person
From this reading “LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.”
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading “[Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.”
a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
From this reading “[Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.”
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading “[Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “PRESS.”
in a striking manner
From this reading “[Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.”
plural of “view” — a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading “[Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.”
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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 LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
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From this reading Ah!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading [Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If you could just open out on them a little more?
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
every person
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading [Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
and nothing more
From this reading If you could just open out on them a little more?
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading If you could just open out on them a little more?
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
From this reading [Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If you could just open out on them a little more?
To move from a closed position.
From this reading If you could just open out on them a little more?
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading [Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading If you could just open out on them a little more?
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading PRESS.
in a striking manner
From this reading [Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading [Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If you could just open out on them a little more?
a special situation
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
plural of “view” — a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading [Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
(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 LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading LORD W. Well, I think it would be a deuced, good thing if everybody were a bit more kind.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you could just open out on them a little more?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [Musing] I feel that your views are strikingly original, Lord William.
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