Chapter 4 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — In Mizzoura is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — In Mizzoura is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
KATE. But why such haste? Why go as if we feared anything? TRAVERS. I must go to-night.
Chapter 4 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — In Mizzoura is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any thing at all
From this reading “Why go as if we feared anything?”
past form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading “Why go as if we feared anything?”
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading “But why such haste?”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I must go to-night.”
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any thing at all
From this reading Why go as if we feared anything?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Why go as if we feared anything?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But why such haste?
past form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading Why go as if we feared anything?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Why go as if we feared anything?
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading But why such haste?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I must go to-night.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Why go as if we feared anything?
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From this reading KATE.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must go to-night.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But why such haste?
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From this reading I must go to-night.
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From this reading TRAVERS.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Why go as if we feared anything?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading But why such haste?
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