Chapter 7 of Second Plays is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Second Plays is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JONAS. What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions? MARTHA. Well, nothing of me will be warm soon. JENNIFER.
Chapter 7 of Second Plays is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “emotion” — any strong feeling
From this reading “What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?”
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading “What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Well, nothing of me will be warm soon.”
in keeping with the season
From this reading “What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?”
in the near future
From this reading “Well, nothing of me will be warm soon.”
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading “What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
plural of “emotion” — any strong feeling
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
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From this reading JENNIFER.
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From this reading JONAS.
tender kindness motivated by a feeling of affection
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
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From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, nothing of me will be warm soon.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Well, nothing of me will be warm soon.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well, nothing of me will be warm soon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
in keeping with the season
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
in the near future
From this reading Well, nothing of me will be warm soon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, nothing of me will be warm soon.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Well, nothing of me will be warm soon.
in the company of; together with
From this reading What matter the feet, Martha Porritt, if the heart be warm with loving-kindness and seasonable emotions?
Chapter 7 of Second Plays by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 7 holds 401 sentences of Second Plays, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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