Chapter 11 of Six Plays is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Six Plays is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MILES. My pretty Miss is almost fainting, I declare. [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this. GEORGE. [_Advancing_.] Yes, us’ll have an end to it very shortly.
Chapter 11 of Six Plays is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
moving forward
with affection
From this reading “[_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.”
pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
From this reading “[_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.”
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading “My pretty Miss is almost fainting, I declare.”
given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
From this reading “[_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.”
-ing form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading “My pretty Miss is almost fainting, I declare.”
third-person singular of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading “[_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.”
for a short time
From this reading “[_Advancing_.] Yes, us’ll have an end to it very shortly.”
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.
moving forward
From this reading [_Advancing_.] Yes, us’ll have an end to it very shortly.
with affection
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading My pretty Miss is almost fainting, I declare.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading My pretty Miss is almost fainting, I declare.
given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
-ing form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading My pretty Miss is almost fainting, I declare.
a boy or man
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
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.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My pretty Miss is almost fainting, I declare.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My pretty Miss is almost fainting, I declare.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading [_Advancing_.] Yes, us’ll have an end to it very shortly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading MILES.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading My pretty Miss is almost fainting, I declare.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My pretty Miss is almost fainting, I declare.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
above and across; more than
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
third-person singular of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading My pretty Miss is almost fainting, I declare.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
for a short time
From this reading [_Advancing_.] Yes, us’ll have an end to it very shortly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_Advancing_.] Yes, us’ll have an end to it very shortly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Advancing_.] Yes, us’ll have an end to it very shortly.
precisely as stated
From this reading [_Advancing_.] Yes, us’ll have an end to it very shortly.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading [_He pours out water for_ JOAN _and bends affectionately over her_.] Put the drunken fellow outside and let’s have an end of this.
an affirmative
From this reading [_Advancing_.] Yes, us’ll have an end to it very shortly.
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