Chapter 4 of The Fool: A Play in Four Acts is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Fool: A Play in Four Acts is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GOODKIND Millions! DANIEL Oh, is that all? BENFIELD All? DANIEL Am I costing you one cigar? Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
Chapter 4 of The Fool: A Play in Four Acts is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bed” — a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?”
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading “Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?”
a roll of tobacco for smoking
From this reading “DANIEL Am I costing you one cigar?”
cost accounting
From this reading “DANIEL Am I costing you one cigar?”
(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
From this reading “DANIEL Oh, is that all?”
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
From this reading “Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?”
plural of “home” — where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?”
plural of “million” — the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading “GOODKIND Millions!”
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.
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In this reading “Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?”
In this reading “Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 DANIEL Oh, is that all?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading DANIEL Am I costing you one cigar?
any thing at all
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
plural of “bed” — a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BENFIELD All?
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
a roll of tobacco for smoking
From this reading DANIEL Am I costing you one cigar?
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
cost accounting
From this reading DANIEL Am I costing you one cigar?
(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
From this reading DANIEL Oh, is that all?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
at any time
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GOODKIND Millions!
plural of “home” — where you live at a particular time
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading DANIEL Am I costing you one cigar?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DANIEL Oh, is that all?
plural of “million” — the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading GOODKIND Millions!
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading DANIEL Oh, is that all?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading DANIEL Am I costing you one cigar?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading DANIEL Oh, is that all?
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading DANIEL Am I costing you one cigar?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Am I costing you one blanket from your warm beds, or one stick of furniture from your comfortable homes, or anything else you'll ever miss?
Chapter 4 of The Fool: A Play in Four Acts by Channing Pollock holds 385 sentences, grouped into 77 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 4 holds 385 sentences of The Fool: A Play in Four Acts, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Fool: A Play in Four Acts by Channing Pollock exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 385 sentences, grouped into 77 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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