Chapter 7 of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Through the double-doors EDGAR comes in looking very grave.] EDGAR. [To his Father.] Have you heard this, sir? Mrs. Roberts is dead! [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
Chapter 7 of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)
From this reading “[Through the double-doors EDGAR comes in looking very grave.]”
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
From this reading “[Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]”
death of a person
From this reading “[Through the double-doors EDGAR comes in looking very grave.]”
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading “[Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]”
information about recent and important events
From this reading “[Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]”
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
From this reading “Mrs. Roberts is dead!”
plural of “stage” — any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading “[Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]”
hard to endure
From this reading “[Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading [Through the double-doors EDGAR comes in looking very grave.]
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Mrs. Roberts is dead!
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From this reading [Through the double-doors EDGAR comes in looking very grave.]
the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)
From this reading [Through the double-doors EDGAR comes in looking very grave.]
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading [To his Father.] Have you heard this, sir?
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
From this reading [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
death of a person
From this reading [Through the double-doors EDGAR comes in looking very grave.]
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [To his Father.] Have you heard this, sir?
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading [To his Father.] Have you heard this, sir?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading [To his Father.] Have you heard this, sir?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [Through the double-doors EDGAR comes in looking very grave.]
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Roberts is dead!
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading [Through the double-doors EDGAR comes in looking very grave.]
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Roberts is dead!
information about recent and important events
From this reading [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
From this reading Mrs. Roberts is dead!
term of address for a man
From this reading [To his Father.] Have you heard this, sir?
plural of “stage” — any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Through the double-doors EDGAR comes in looking very grave.]
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading [To his Father.] Have you heard this, sir?
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading [Through the double-doors EDGAR comes in looking very grave.]
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [To his Father.] Have you heard this, sir?
hard to endure
From this reading [Every one stages at him, as if trying to gauge the importance of this news.]
precisely as stated
From this reading [Through the double-doors EDGAR comes in looking very grave.]
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [To his Father.] Have you heard this, sir?
Chapter 7 of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts by John Galsworthy holds 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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 7 holds 451 sentences of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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