Chapter 5 of Six Plays is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Six Plays is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_. _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_. OLD MAN. I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat. [_Curtain_.]
Chapter 5 of Six Plays is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a long seat for more than one person
From this reading “_When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.”
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
plural of “drive” — the act of applying force to propel something
From this reading “[_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.”
take in solid food
From this reading “I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.”
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading “I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.”
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading “[_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.”
plural of “sink” — plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
be seated
From this reading “I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
a long seat for more than one person
From this reading _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading [_Curtain_.]
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
plural of “drive” — the act of applying force to propel something
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
take in solid food
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
destroyed or killed
From this reading _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
plural of “sink” — plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
From this reading _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.
be seated
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading [_He gets behind them all and drives them before him and out of the room_.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.
up to a particular time
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
at the time that
From this reading _When they have gone_, _the_ OLD MAN _sinks on a bench in the door-way_.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I’m done with all the foolishness of life and I can sit me down and sleep till it be time to eat.
Chapter 5 of Six Plays by Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady Darwin holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 5 holds 397 sentences of Six Plays, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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