Chapter 5 of Six Short Plays is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Six Short Plays is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MAUD. [Sharply] How long have they been here, Jarvis? JARVIS. Well---er--a matter of three weeks, m'm. [A slight involuntary stir.]
Chapter 5 of Six Short Plays is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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not subject to the control of the will
From this reading “[A slight involuntary stir.]”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “[Sharply] How long have they been here, Jarvis?”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “Well---er--a matter of three weeks, m'm.”
in an aggressive manner
From this reading “[Sharply] How long have they been here, Jarvis?”
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading “[A slight involuntary stir.]”
move an implement through
From this reading “[A slight involuntary stir.]”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “Well---er--a matter of three weeks, m'm.”
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “Well---er--a matter of three weeks, m'm.”
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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 Well---er--a matter of three weeks, m'm.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading [Sharply] How long have they been here, Jarvis?
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading Well---er--a matter of three weeks, m'm.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [Sharply] How long have they been here, Jarvis?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading [Sharply] How long have they been here, Jarvis?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Sharply] How long have they been here, Jarvis?
not subject to the control of the will
From this reading [A slight involuntary stir.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Sharply] How long have they been here, Jarvis?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading [Sharply] How long have they been here, Jarvis?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well---er--a matter of three weeks, m'm.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Well---er--a matter of three weeks, m'm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAUD.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well---er--a matter of three weeks, m'm.
in an aggressive manner
From this reading [Sharply] How long have they been here, Jarvis?
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading [A slight involuntary stir.]
move an implement through
From this reading [A slight involuntary stir.]
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [Sharply] How long have they been here, Jarvis?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Well---er--a matter of three weeks, m'm.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Well---er--a matter of three weeks, m'm.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well---er--a matter of three weeks, m'm.
Chapter 5 of Six Short Plays by John Galsworthy holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 413 sentences of Six Short Plays, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Six Short Plays by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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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