Chapter 9 of The Magistrate: A Farce in Three Acts is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Magistrate: A Farce in Three Acts is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_MR. WORMINGTON hurries him off through the curtains. LUGG enters, almost breathless._ LUGG. We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em. [_Seeing WYKE._] Hallo! you back again!
Chapter 9 of The Magistrate: A Farce in Three Acts is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 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.
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
From this reading “LUGG enters, almost breathless._ LUGG.”
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading “We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.”
plural of “curtain” — hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading “WORMINGTON hurries him off through the curtains.”
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
From this reading “We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.”
third-person singular of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading “LUGG enters, almost breathless._ LUGG.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading “We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.”
plural of “hurry” — a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “WORMINGTON hurries him off through the curtains.”
perception by means of the eyes
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “LUGG enters, almost breathless._ LUGG.”
In this reading “WORMINGTON hurries him off through the curtains.”
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anew
From this reading [_Seeing WYKE._] Hallo! you back again!
(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 We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading LUGG enters, almost breathless._ LUGG.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading [_Seeing WYKE._] Hallo! you back again!
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
From this reading LUGG enters, almost breathless._ LUGG.
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.
plural of “curtain” — hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading WORMINGTON hurries him off through the curtains.
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
From this reading We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.
a quad with a square body
From this reading We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.
third-person singular of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading LUGG enters, almost breathless._ LUGG.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Seeing WYKE._] Hallo! you back again!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading WORMINGTON hurries him off through the curtains.
plural of “hurry” — a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading WORMINGTON hurries him off through the curtains.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LUGG enters, almost breathless._ LUGG.
a form of address for a man
From this reading [_MR.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading WORMINGTON hurries him off through the curtains.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading [_Seeing WYKE._] Hallo! you back again!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WORMINGTON hurries him off through the curtains.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading WORMINGTON hurries him off through the curtains.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We've got charge one in the Dock--all four of 'em.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WORMINGTON hurries him off through the curtains.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Seeing WYKE._] Hallo! you back again!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [_Seeing WYKE._] Hallo! you back again!
Chapter 9 of The Magistrate: A Farce in Three Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 9 holds 429 sentences of The Magistrate: A Farce in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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