Chapter 8 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PAUL. Ah! Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her? LA ROCHE. You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
Chapter 8 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
From this reading “You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.”
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading “You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.”
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading “You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.”
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading “Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?”
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading “PAUL.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.”
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading “Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.”
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.
anew
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
From this reading You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading LA ROCHE.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
on one occasion
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
have ownership or possession of
From this reading You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading PAUL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LA ROCHE.
except for; apart from
From this reading You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then life would be worth living once again!--Can you have heard from her--seen her?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading You can see her for yourself--save your own life--and bring boundless joy to hers.
Chapter 8 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists by Steele MacKaye holds 412 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.
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