Chapter 24 of Six Plays is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Six Plays is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STEVE. You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis. ANNIE. Steve! STEVE.
Chapter 24 of Six Plays is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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dwell
From this reading “You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.”
with honesty
From this reading “You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.”
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 “You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
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From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
dwell
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
experiencing joy and pleasure
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
with honesty
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STEVE.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
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 You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’ll bide here, Annie, and ’tis more gladness than I can rightly think on, that ’tis.
Chapter 24 of Six Plays by Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady Darwin holds 404 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 24 holds 404 sentences of Six Plays, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 24 of Six Plays by Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady Darwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 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.
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