Chapter 1 of The Impostures of Scapin is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Impostures of Scapin is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ARG. What are you telling me? He has done nothing so dreadful? When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger? SCA.
Chapter 1 of The Impostures of Scapin is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “He has done nothing so dreadful?”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “He has done nothing so dreadful?”
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading “When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?”
third-person singular of “marry” — take in marriage
From this reading “When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?”
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading “When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?”
successive (without a break)
From this reading “When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?”
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading “When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?”
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading “What are you telling me?”
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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 When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What are you telling me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ARG.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading He has done nothing so dreadful?
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading He has done nothing so dreadful?
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He has done nothing so dreadful?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He has done nothing so dreadful?
third-person singular of “marry” — take in marriage
From this reading When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What are you telling me?
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He has done nothing so dreadful?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SCA.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He has done nothing so dreadful?
successive (without a break)
From this reading When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading What are you telling me?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What are you telling me?
at the time that
From this reading When he goes and marries straight off a perfect stranger?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What are you telling me?
Chapter 1 of The Impostures of Scapin by Molière holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 1 holds 441 sentences of The Impostures of Scapin, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Impostures of Scapin by Molière exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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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About 110 minutes of reading across 266 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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