Chapter 5 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 5 of The Doctor's Dilemma is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LOUIS. Oh, all right, all right. Sit down--anywhere you can. Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne]. Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].
Chapter 5 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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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
at or in or to any place
From this reading “Sit down--anywhere you can.”
plural of “grunt” — the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
From this reading “Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].”
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading “Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].”
-ing form of “indicate” — be a signal for or a symptom of
From this reading “Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].”
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
From this reading “LOUIS.”
Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century
From this reading “Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].”
be seated
From this reading “Sit down--anywhere you can.”
the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
From this reading “Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].”
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(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 Oh, all right, all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].
at or in or to any place
From this reading Sit down--anywhere you can.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Sit down--anywhere you can.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Sit down--anywhere you can.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].
plural of “grunt” — the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].
-ing form of “indicate” — be a signal for or a symptom of
From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
From this reading LOUIS.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, all right, all right.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].
Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century
From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].
precisely, exactly
From this reading Oh, all right, all right.
term of address for a man
From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].
be seated
From this reading Sit down--anywhere you can.
carry out
From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].
the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
From this reading Take this chair, Sir Patrick [indicating the one on the throne].
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Up-z-z-z! [helping him up: Sir Patrick grunts and enthrones himself].
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sit down--anywhere you can.
Chapter 5 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.
Chapter 5 holds 434 sentences of The Doctor's Dilemma, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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