Chapter 13 of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve. MERYLL And not otherwise? PHOEBE Well, he's a brave fellow indeed, and I love brave men. MERYLL All brave men? PHOEBE Most of them, I verily believe!
Chapter 13 of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 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.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “PHOEBE Most of them, I verily believe!”
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading “PHOEBE Well, he's a brave fellow indeed, and I love brave men.”
third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve.”
a boy or man
From this reading “PHOEBE Well, he's a brave fellow indeed, and I love brave men.”
in other respects or ways
From this reading “MERYLL And not otherwise?”
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve.”
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
From this reading “PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 PHOEBE Well, he's a brave fellow indeed, and I love brave men.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading MERYLL All brave men?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MERYLL And not otherwise?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading PHOEBE Most of them, I verily believe!
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading PHOEBE Well, he's a brave fellow indeed, and I love brave men.
third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve.
a boy or man
From this reading PHOEBE Well, he's a brave fellow indeed, and I love brave men.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PHOEBE Well, he's a brave fellow indeed, and I love brave men.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading PHOEBE Well, he's a brave fellow indeed, and I love brave men.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading PHOEBE Well, he's a brave fellow indeed, and I love brave men.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading PHOEBE Well, he's a brave fellow indeed, and I love brave men.
the force of workers available
From this reading PHOEBE Well, he's a brave fellow indeed, and I love brave men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MERYLL And not otherwise?
used to form the superlative
From this reading PHOEBE Most of them, I verily believe!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading MERYLL And not otherwise?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PHOEBE Most of them, I verily believe!
in other respects or ways
From this reading MERYLL And not otherwise?
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve.
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
From this reading PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading PHOEBE Most of them, I verily believe!
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading PHOEBE Aye, truly, if he brings the reprieve.
in truth; certainly
From this reading PHOEBE Most of them, I verily believe!
(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 PHOEBE Well, he's a brave fellow indeed, and I love brave men.
Chapter 13 of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Arthur Sullivan holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 13 holds 441 sentences of The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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