Chapter 22 of Second Plays is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Second Plays is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SUSAN. And why, you ask, am I merry? GERVASE. Well, I didn't, but I was just going to. Why are you merry?
Chapter 22 of Second Plays is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “And why, you ask, am I merry?”
the act of departing
From this reading “Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “And why, you ask, am I merry?”
(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, I didn't, but I was just going to.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Why are you merry?
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.
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From this reading Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.
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From this reading GERVASE.
the act of departing
From this reading Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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and nothing more
From this reading Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?
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From this reading SUSAN.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, I didn't, but I was just going to.
(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, I didn't, but I was just going to.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And why, you ask, am I merry?
Chapter 22 of Second Plays by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne holds 402 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 22 holds 402 sentences of Second Plays, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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