Chapter 3 of The Doctor's Dilemma is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Doctor's Dilemma is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS DUBEDAT. Your fee for this consultation? RIDGEON. Oh, I forgot that. Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
Chapter 3 of The Doctor's Dilemma is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a conference (usually with someone important)
From this reading “Your fee for this consultation?”
provide a cure for, make healthy again
From this reading “Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?”
something regarded with special favor or liking
From this reading “Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?”
a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
From this reading “Your fee for this consultation?”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Oh, I forgot that.”
-ing form of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading “Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?”
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading “Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?”
care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
From this reading “Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?”
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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 Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
a conference (usually with someone important)
From this reading Your fee for this consultation?
provide a cure for, make healthy again
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
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From this reading MRS DUBEDAT.
something regarded with special favor or liking
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
From this reading Your fee for this consultation?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Your fee for this consultation?
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Oh, I forgot that.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, I forgot that.
-ing form of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS DUBEDAT.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, I forgot that.
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From this reading RIDGEON.
express in words
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Oh, I forgot that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Your fee for this consultation?
care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Shall we say a beautiful drawing of his favorite model for the whole treatment, including the cure?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your fee for this consultation?
Chapter 3 of The Doctor's Dilemma by Bernard Shaw holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
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