Chapter 11 of The Creators: A Comedy is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Creators: A Comedy is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I wouldn't. I always should be standing aside and watching. That," said Nicky, "would be, you see, my attitude." "Dear Nicky," she murmured, "it's a beautiful attitude. It couldn't--your attitude--be anything but beautiful."
Chapter 11 of The Creators: A Comedy is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any thing at all
From this reading “It couldn't--your attitude--be anything but beautiful."”
on or to one side
From this reading “I always should be standing aside and watching.”
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
From this reading “That," said Nicky, "would be, you see, my attitude."”
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “"Dear Nicky," she murmured, "it's a beautiful attitude.”
dearly loved
From this reading “"Dear Nicky," she murmured, "it's a beautiful attitude.”
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading “"Dear Nicky," she murmured, "it's a beautiful attitude.”
having a supporting base
From this reading “I always should be standing aside and watching.”
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading “I always should be standing aside and watching.”
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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 "Dear Nicky," she murmured, "it's a beautiful attitude.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading I always should be standing aside and watching.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I always should be standing aside and watching.
any thing at all
From this reading It couldn't--your attitude--be anything but beautiful."
on or to one side
From this reading I always should be standing aside and watching.
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
From this reading That," said Nicky, "would be, you see, my attitude."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I always should be standing aside and watching.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "Dear Nicky," she murmured, "it's a beautiful attitude.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It couldn't--your attitude--be anything but beautiful."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It couldn't--your attitude--be anything but beautiful."
dearly loved
From this reading "Dear Nicky," she murmured, "it's a beautiful attitude.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wouldn't.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It couldn't--your attitude--be anything but beautiful."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Dear Nicky," she murmured, "it's a beautiful attitude.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading "Dear Nicky," she murmured, "it's a beautiful attitude.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That," said Nicky, "would be, you see, my attitude."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That," said Nicky, "would be, you see, my attitude."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading That," said Nicky, "would be, you see, my attitude."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading That," said Nicky, "would be, you see, my attitude."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Dear Nicky," she murmured, "it's a beautiful attitude.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I always should be standing aside and watching.
having a supporting base
From this reading I always should be standing aside and watching.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That," said Nicky, "would be, you see, my attitude."
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading I always should be standing aside and watching.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That," said Nicky, "would be, you see, my attitude."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I wouldn't.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That," said Nicky, "would be, you see, my attitude."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It couldn't--your attitude--be anything but beautiful."
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