Chapter 2 of Six Plays is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Six Plays is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ELIZABETH. And so I told you, Father, from the start. MILLIE. And ’tis “No” that I shall say. [_Curtain_.]
Chapter 2 of Six Plays is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 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.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading “ELIZABETH.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “And so I told you, Father, from the start.”
express in words
From this reading “And ’tis “No” that I shall say.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “And ’tis “No” that I shall say.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “And so I told you, Father, from the start.”
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading “And ’tis “No” that I shall say.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “And so I told you, Father, from the start.”
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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And so I told you, Father, from the start.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading [_Curtain_.]
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading ELIZABETH.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading And so I told you, Father, from the start.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And so I told you, Father, from the start.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And so I told you, Father, from the start.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MILLIE.
not any; not one
From this reading And ’tis “No” that I shall say.
express in words
From this reading And ’tis “No” that I shall say.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading And ’tis “No” that I shall say.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And so I told you, Father, from the start.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading And so I told you, Father, from the start.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And ’tis “No” that I shall say.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And so I told you, Father, from the start.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading And ’tis “No” that I shall say.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading And so I told you, Father, from the start.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And so I told you, Father, from the start.
Chapter 2 of Six Plays by Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady Darwin 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 2 holds 402 sentences of Six Plays, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Six Plays by Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady Darwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Six Plays, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
