Chapter 16 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 16 of Six Plays is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JULIA. Could you swear me it is Julia? JOHN. ’Tis naught to I which of you it be. There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.
Chapter 16 of Six Plays is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 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.
dwell
From this reading “There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.”
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading “There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “JOHN.”
a quantity of no importance
From this reading “’Tis naught to I which of you it be.”
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading “Could you swear me it is Julia?”
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 “’Tis naught to I which of you it be.”
shedding tears
From this reading “There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.”
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ’Tis naught to I which of you it be.
dwell
From this reading There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could you swear me it is Julia?
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ’Tis naught to I which of you it be.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Could you swear me it is Julia?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Could you swear me it is Julia?
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULIA.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Could you swear me it is Julia?
a quantity of no importance
From this reading ’Tis naught to I which of you it be.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ’Tis naught to I which of you it be.
above and across; more than
From this reading There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading Could you swear me it is Julia?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.
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 ’Tis naught to I which of you it be.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ’Tis naught to I which of you it be.
shedding tears
From this reading There bide over, so as I can get the watering finished.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading ’Tis naught to I which of you it be.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Could you swear me it is Julia?
Chapter 16 of Six Plays by Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady Darwin holds 400 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 16 holds 400 sentences of Six Plays, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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