Chapter 3 of Second Plays is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Second Plays is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WOODCUTTER. All the same, I _can_ help you. YELLOW PRINCE. Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude. WOODCUTTER.
Chapter 3 of Second Plays is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 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.
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading “Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.”
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading “Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.”
a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation
From this reading “Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.”
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “All the same, I _can_ help you.”
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.”
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading “YELLOW PRINCE.”
A person whose work is chopping down trees and gathering firewood.
From this reading “WOODCUTTER.”
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading “YELLOW PRINCE.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All the same, I _can_ help you.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading All the same, I _can_ help you.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.
a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation
From this reading Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading All the same, I _can_ help you.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading All the same, I _can_ help you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading YELLOW PRINCE.
Identical; not different.
From this reading All the same, I _can_ help you.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All the same, I _can_ help you.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then pray do so, log-chopper, and earn my everlasting gratitude.
A person whose work is chopping down trees and gathering firewood.
From this reading WOODCUTTER.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading YELLOW PRINCE.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading All the same, I _can_ help you.
Chapter 3 of Second Plays by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 3 holds 400 sentences of Second Plays, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Second Plays by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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