Chapter 4 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Francesca da is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Francesca da is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SCENE II. _The Same. Before the Gates of the City. The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens. At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.
Chapter 4 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Francesca da is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “banner” — long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
From this reading “The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.”
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.”
plural of “citizen” — a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
From this reading “The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.”
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading “The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.”
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
From this reading “At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.”
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading “Before the Gates of the City.”
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading “The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.”
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.”
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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 At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.
plural of “banner” — long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
From this reading The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before the Gates of the City.
covered with or as with a canopy
From this reading At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.
plural of “citizen” — a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
From this reading The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Before the Gates of the City.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
From this reading At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.
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From this reading The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading Before the Gates of the City.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading SCENE II.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Before the Gates of the City.
Identical; not different.
From this reading _The Same.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE II.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Same.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading At the side of the scene is a canopied dais, with chairs of state upon it.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The walls hung with banners, flowers, etc., and crowded with citizens.
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