Chapter 3 of Pygmalion is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Pygmalion is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HIGGINS. Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book. [Impatiently] What on earth will she want with money? She’ll have her food and her clothes. She’ll only drink if you give her money.
Chapter 3 of Pygmalion is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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clothing in general
From this reading “She’ll have her food and her clothes.”
take in liquids
From this reading “She’ll only drink if you give her money.”
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading “She’ll have her food and her clothes.”
the work of cleaning and running a house
From this reading “Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.”
with impatience; in an impatient manner
From this reading “[Impatiently] What on earth will she want with money?”
absolutely essential
From this reading “Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.”
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She’ll have her food and her clothes.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
clothing in general
From this reading She’ll have her food and her clothes.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
take in liquids
From this reading She’ll only drink if you give her money.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading [Impatiently] What on earth will she want with money?
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading She’ll have her food and her clothes.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading She’ll only drink if you give her money.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She’ll have her food and her clothes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HIGGINS.
the work of cleaning and running a house
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She’ll only drink if you give her money.
with impatience; in an impatient manner
From this reading [Impatiently] What on earth will she want with money?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading [Impatiently] What on earth will she want with money?
absolutely essential
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading [Impatiently] What on earth will she want with money?
and nothing more
From this reading She’ll only drink if you give her money.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [Impatiently] What on earth will she want with money?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She’ll have her food and her clothes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading [Impatiently] What on earth will she want with money?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading [Impatiently] What on earth will she want with money?
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Oh, pay her whatever is necessary: put it down in the housekeeping book.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading [Impatiently] What on earth will she want with money?
in the company of; together with
From this reading [Impatiently] What on earth will she want with money?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She’ll only drink if you give her money.
Chapter 3 of Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 3 holds 413 sentences of Pygmalion, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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