Chapter 3 of Six Plays is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Six Plays is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GILES. Who are you speaking of, old man? OLD MAN. And where is your lordship journeying this day if ’tis not to the marrying? GILES.
Chapter 3 of Six Plays is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
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the act of traveling from one place to another
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a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
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an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
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-ing form of “marry” — take in marriage
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(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
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the utterance of intelligible speech
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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
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
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From this reading GILES.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And where is your lordship journeying this day if ’tis not to the marrying?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And where is your lordship journeying this day if ’tis not to the marrying?
the act of traveling from one place to another
From this reading And where is your lordship journeying this day if ’tis not to the marrying?
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading And where is your lordship journeying this day if ’tis not to the marrying?
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Who are you speaking of, old man?
-ing form of “marry” — take in marriage
From this reading And where is your lordship journeying this day if ’tis not to the marrying?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Who are you speaking of, old man?
the utterance of intelligible speech
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And where is your lordship journeying this day if ’tis not to the marrying?
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 where is your lordship journeying this day if ’tis not to the marrying?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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in or at the place that
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which person or people
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the person or people being spoken to
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belonging to the person or people being spoken to
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Chapter 3 of Six Plays by Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady Darwin 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 3 holds 403 sentences of Six Plays, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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