Chapter 4 of The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SERVANT. Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday. THE KING. I am listening. THE SERVANT.
Chapter 4 of The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.”
hear with intention
From this reading “Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.”
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading “I am listening.”
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading “THE SERVANT.”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.”
the day immediately before today
From this reading “Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.”
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 Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am listening.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am listening.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.
hear with intention
From this reading Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading I am listening.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading THE SERVANT.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SERVANT.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.
the day immediately before today
From this reading Listen to a tale, O king, which happened yesterday.
Chapter 4 of The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays by Sterling Andrus [Editor] Leonard holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 4 holds 422 sentences of The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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