Chapter 19 of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JOHN. It can't be true. JENNY. He never loved me. He married me because he thought it was his duty.
Chapter 19 of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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for the reason that
From this reading “He married me because he thought it was his duty.”
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading “He married me because he thought it was his duty.”
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading “JENNY.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “JOHN.”
held dear
From this reading “He never loved me.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “He married me because he thought it was his duty.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “He married me because he thought it was his duty.”
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “It can't be true.”
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.
In this reading “He never loved me.”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It can't be true.
for the reason that
From this reading He married me because he thought it was his duty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It can't be true.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading He married me because he thought it was his duty.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He never loved me.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He married me because he thought it was his duty.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It can't be true.
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading JENNY.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN.
held dear
From this reading He never loved me.
joined in matrimony
From this reading He married me because he thought it was his duty.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He never loved me.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He never loved me.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading He married me because he thought it was his duty.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading It can't be true.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He married me because he thought it was his duty.
Chapter 19 of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 19 holds 419 sentences of Plays — Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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