Chapter 2 of The Impostures of Scapin is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Impostures of Scapin is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LEA. And yet it was he himself who told me. SCA. With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth. SCENE VI.--LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, CARLE, SCAPIN.
Chapter 2 of The Impostures of Scapin is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a unit of length of thread or yarn
From this reading “LEA.”
go away from a place
From this reading “With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.”
a feast day and the seven days following it
From this reading “SCENE VI.--LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, CARLE, SCAPIN.”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “SCENE VI.--LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, CARLE, SCAPIN.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.”
express in words
From this reading “With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “And yet it was he himself who told me.”
a fact that has been verified
From this reading “With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And yet it was he himself who told me.
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From this reading SCENE VI.--LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, CARLE, SCAPIN.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And yet it was he himself who told me.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading And yet it was he himself who told me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And yet it was he himself who told me.
a unit of length of thread or yarn
From this reading LEA.
go away from a place
From this reading With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SCENE VI.--LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, CARLE, SCAPIN.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And yet it was he himself who told me.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.
a feast day and the seven days following it
From this reading SCENE VI.--LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, CARLE, SCAPIN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SCA.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SCENE VI.--LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, CARLE, SCAPIN.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE VI.--LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, CARLE, SCAPIN.
term of address for a man
From this reading With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.
express in words
From this reading With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading And yet it was he himself who told me.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading SCENE VI.--LÉANDRE, OCTAVE, CARLE, SCAPIN.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And yet it was he himself who told me.
which person or people
From this reading And yet it was he himself who told me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet it was he himself who told me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading With your leave, Sir, he did not tell you the truth.
Chapter 2 of The Impostures of Scapin by Molière holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 437 sentences of The Impostures of Scapin, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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