Chapter 2 of The Fool: A Play in Four Acts is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Fool: A Play in Four Acts is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BENFIELD Who has scruples and no qualifications. GOODKIND Thus striking a balance. I mean that! Don't make any mistake about Gilchrist. He's a valuable man.
Chapter 2 of The Fool: A Play in Four Acts is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 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.
bring into balance or equilibrium
From this reading “GOODKIND Thus striking a balance.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “I mean that!”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “Don't make any mistake about Gilchrist.”
plural of “qualification” — an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
From this reading “BENFIELD Who has scruples and no qualifications.”
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading “BENFIELD Who has scruples and no qualifications.”
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
From this reading “GOODKIND Thus striking a balance.”
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading “GOODKIND Thus striking a balance.”
having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
From this reading “He's a valuable man.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Don't make any mistake about Gilchrist.”
In this reading “Don't make any mistake about Gilchrist.”
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 GOODKIND Thus striking a balance.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Don't make any mistake about Gilchrist.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BENFIELD Who has scruples and no qualifications.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Don't make any mistake about Gilchrist.
bring into balance or equilibrium
From this reading GOODKIND Thus striking a balance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BENFIELD Who has scruples and no qualifications.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't make any mistake about Gilchrist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't make any mistake about Gilchrist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GOODKIND Thus striking a balance.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BENFIELD Who has scruples and no qualifications.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's a valuable man.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I mean that!
engage in
From this reading Don't make any mistake about Gilchrist.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading He's a valuable man.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading I mean that!
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Don't make any mistake about Gilchrist.
not any; not one
From this reading BENFIELD Who has scruples and no qualifications.
plural of “qualification” — an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
From this reading BENFIELD Who has scruples and no qualifications.
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading BENFIELD Who has scruples and no qualifications.
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
From this reading GOODKIND Thus striking a balance.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I mean that!
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading GOODKIND Thus striking a balance.
having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
From this reading He's a valuable man.
which person or people
From this reading BENFIELD Who has scruples and no qualifications.
Chapter 2 of The Fool: A Play in Four Acts by Channing Pollock holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 2 holds 398 sentences of The Fool: A Play in Four Acts, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Fool: A Play in Four Acts by Channing Pollock exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 398 sentences, grouped into 80 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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