Chapter 2 of Plays : Third Series is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Plays : Third Series is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MALISE. I give you my solemn word---- CLARE. No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real. And I can't. It isn't to be manufactured, is it?
Chapter 2 of Plays : Third Series is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.”
produced in a large-scale industrial operation
From this reading “It isn't to be manufactured, is it?”
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading “No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.”
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
From this reading “I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I can't.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.
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From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.
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From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It isn't to be manufactured, is it?
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From this reading It isn't to be manufactured, is it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It isn't to be manufactured, is it?
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From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.
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From this reading MALISE.
produced in a large-scale industrial operation
From this reading It isn't to be manufactured, is it?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.
not any; not one
From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No! if I can't be that to you--it's not real.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I give you my solemn word---- CLARE.
Chapter 2 of Plays : Third Series by John Galsworthy holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 2 holds 407 sentences of Plays : Third Series, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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