Chapter 7 of The Drone A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Drone A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MACKENZIE. If I what, bonnie Mary? MARY. I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour. MACKENZIE.
Chapter 7 of The Drone A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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very pleasing to the eye
From this reading “If I what, bonnie Mary?”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.”
a feeling of favorable regard
From this reading “I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.”
Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)
From this reading “MACKENZIE.”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “If I what, bonnie Mary?”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.”
produce a literary work
From this reading “I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.”
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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 I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
very pleasing to the eye
From this reading If I what, bonnie Mary?
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
divisible by two
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
a feeling of favorable regard
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I what, bonnie Mary?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I what, bonnie Mary?
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)
From this reading MACKENZIE.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading If I what, bonnie Mary?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading If I what, bonnie Mary?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
produce a literary work
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I'd even let you call me Mary, and write to me if you wanted to, if you would do me a favour.
Chapter 7 of The Drone A Play in Three Acts by Rutherford Mayne holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
Chapter 7 holds 433 sentences of The Drone A Play in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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