Chapter 2 of The Imaginary Invalid is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Imaginary Invalid is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ARG. Has it? Good-bye for the present. We could have done very well without your impertinent opera. CLE.
Chapter 2 of The Imaginary Invalid is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.”
a farewell remark
From this reading “Good-bye for the present.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Has it?”
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
From this reading “We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.”
a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
From this reading “We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “Good-bye for the present.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.”
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From this reading ARG.
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From this reading CLE.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Good-bye for the present.
a farewell remark
From this reading Good-bye for the present.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Has it?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
From this reading We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Has it?
a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
From this reading We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Good-bye for the present.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Good-bye for the present.
precisely as stated
From this reading We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We could have done very well without your impertinent opera.
Chapter 2 of The Imaginary Invalid by Molière holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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 2 holds 387 sentences of The Imaginary Invalid, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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