Chapter 19 of Six Plays is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Six Plays is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JOHN. [_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating. ROSE. There’s a glass upon the wall. LIZ.
Chapter 19 of Six Plays is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the act of consuming food
From this reading “[_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.”
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading “There’s a glass upon the wall.”
with gusto and without reservation
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
From this reading “[_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “JOHN.”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “ROSE.”
a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs
From this reading “[_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.”
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “There’s a glass upon the wall.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There’s a glass upon the wall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading [_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.
the act of consuming food
From this reading [_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading [_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading There’s a glass upon the wall.
with gusto and without reservation
From this reading [_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
From this reading [_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading [_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LIZ.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading [_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading ROSE.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading [_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There’s a glass upon the wall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s a glass upon the wall.
a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs
From this reading [_Heartily_.] Ah, that’s so—’Twill be more homely like for eating.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There’s a glass upon the wall.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading There’s a glass upon the wall.
Chapter 19 of Six Plays by Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady Darwin holds 401 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 19 holds 401 sentences of Six Plays, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Six Plays by Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady Darwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 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.
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