Chapter 2 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Never!--while I have a truth to tell. POTIN. Tell the truth! Good Lord, that's fatal. NANETTE.
Chapter 2 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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bringing death
From this reading “Good Lord, that's fatal.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Good Lord, that's fatal.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Never!--while I have a truth to tell.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “Good Lord, that's fatal.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Never!--while I have a truth to tell.”
express in words
From this reading “Never!--while I have a truth to tell.”
a fact that has been verified
From this reading “Never!--while I have a truth to tell.”
during the time that
From this reading “Never!--while I have a truth to tell.”
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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 Never!--while I have a truth to tell.
bringing death
From this reading Good Lord, that's fatal.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good Lord, that's fatal.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Never!--while I have a truth to tell.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Never!--while I have a truth to tell.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Good Lord, that's fatal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NANETTE.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never!--while I have a truth to tell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading POTIN.
express in words
From this reading Never!--while I have a truth to tell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good Lord, that's fatal.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tell the truth!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Never!--while I have a truth to tell.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading Never!--while I have a truth to tell.
during the time that
From this reading Never!--while I have a truth to tell.
Chapter 2 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists by Steele MacKaye holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 2 holds 411 sentences of Representative Plays by American Dramatists, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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