Chapter 5 of The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
C.-C. Arnold should have been an interior decorator. LADY KITTY. He has wonderful taste. He gets that from me. ARNOLD.
Chapter 5 of The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)
From this reading “C.-C. Arnold should have been an interior decorator.”
a person who specializes in interior decoration
From this reading “C.-C. Arnold should have been an interior decorator.”
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading “He gets that from me.”
situated within or suitable for inside a building
From this reading “C.-C. Arnold should have been an interior decorator.”
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading “LADY KITTY.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “LADY KITTY.”
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading “He has wonderful taste.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “He has wonderful taste.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading C.-C. Arnold should have been an interior decorator.
English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)
From this reading C.-C. Arnold should have been an interior decorator.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading C.-C. Arnold should have been an interior decorator.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading C.-C. Arnold should have been an interior decorator.
a person who specializes in interior decoration
From this reading C.-C. Arnold should have been an interior decorator.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He gets that from me.
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading He gets that from me.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He has wonderful taste.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading C.-C. Arnold should have been an interior decorator.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He has wonderful taste.
situated within or suitable for inside a building
From this reading C.-C. Arnold should have been an interior decorator.
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading LADY KITTY.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading LADY KITTY.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He gets that from me.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading C.-C. Arnold should have been an interior decorator.
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading He has wonderful taste.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He gets that from me.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading He has wonderful taste.
Chapter 5 of The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham holds 439 sentences, grouped into 88 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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