Chapter 1 of The Little Man is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Little Man is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN. THE AMERICAN. THE ENGLISHMAN. THE ENGLISHWOMAN. THE GERMAN.
Chapter 1 of The Little Man is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 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.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading “THE AMERICAN.”
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading “THE ENGLISHMAN.”
a woman who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading “THE ENGLISHWOMAN.”
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
From this reading “A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.”
a person of German nationality
From this reading “THE GERMAN.”
concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
From this reading “A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.”
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading “A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading THE AMERICAN.
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading THE ENGLISHMAN.
a woman who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading THE ENGLISHWOMAN.
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
From this reading A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.
a person of German nationality
From this reading THE GERMAN.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.
concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
From this reading A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading A Farcical Morality In Three Scenes THE LITTLE MAN.
Chapter 1 of The Little Man by John Galsworthy holds 291 sentences, grouped into 59 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 291 sentences of The Little Man, unabridged, divided into 59 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Little Man by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 291 sentences, grouped into 59 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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