Chapter 10 of Second Plays is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Second Plays is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GEORGE. What do you mean--so poor? OLIVIA. Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down. GEORGE (annoyed).
Chapter 10 of Second Plays is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
From this reading “Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.”
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading “GEORGE (annoyed).”
for the reason that
From this reading “Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “GEORGE.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “What do you mean--so poor?”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “What do you mean--so poor?”
plural of “rent” — a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
From this reading “Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.”
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an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading GEORGE (annoyed).
for the reason that
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
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From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you mean--so poor?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading GEORGE.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
and nothing more
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading What do you mean--so poor?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OLIVIA.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading What do you mean--so poor?
plural of “rent” — a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading What do you mean--so poor?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
(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, you said just now that you couldn't give Dinah an allowance because rents had gone down.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you mean--so poor?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What do you mean--so poor?
Chapter 10 of Second Plays by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne holds 403 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 10 holds 403 sentences of Second Plays, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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