Chapter 3 of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HARNESS. [Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight. If I speak till to-morrow I can't say more. JAGO. [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
Chapter 3 of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading “[A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!”
put a harness
From this reading “HARNESS.”
the act of retaining something
From this reading “[Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.”
a form of address for a man
From this reading “[A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!”
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading “[A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!”
uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
From this reading “[Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.”
successive (without a break)
From this reading “[Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “[A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!”
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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 [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If I speak till to-morrow I can't say more.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading [Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.
put a harness
From this reading HARNESS.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading [Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.
the act of retaining something
From this reading [Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I speak till to-morrow I can't say more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I speak till to-morrow I can't say more.
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From this reading JAGO.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
a form of address for a man
From this reading [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading If I speak till to-morrow I can't say more.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading [Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.
unhealthy looking
From this reading [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
express in words
From this reading If I speak till to-morrow I can't say more.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
express in speech
From this reading If I speak till to-morrow I can't say more.
uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
From this reading [Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.
successive (without a break)
From this reading [Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
up to a particular time
From this reading If I speak till to-morrow I can't say more.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If I speak till to-morrow I can't say more.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
(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 [Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.
in the company of; together with
From this reading [A dark, sallow, Spanish-looking man with a short, thin beard.] Mister, want to ask you!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [Holding out his hand.] Well, I've spoken to you straight.
Chapter 3 of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts by John Galsworthy holds 287 sentences, grouped into 58 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.
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