Chapter 16 of The Mimic Stage is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Mimic Stage is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Dilly._ (_Outside, C._) Ha! Ha! Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny. (_Enter C., supporting DOCTOR. LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
Chapter 16 of The Mimic Stage is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
feel physical pain
From this reading “Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.”
provide entertainment for
From this reading “LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.”
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading “LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.”
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.”
furnishing support and encouragement
From this reading “(_Enter C., supporting DOCTOR.”
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 “LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.”
In this reading “Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.”
In this reading “LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.”
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 Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
feel physical pain
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
a youthful male person
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading _Dilly._ (_Outside, C._) Ha!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Dilly._ (_Outside, C._) Ha!
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
to come or go into
From this reading (_Enter C., supporting DOCTOR.
provide entertainment for
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading _Dilly._ (_Outside, C._) Ha!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
engage in
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading _Dilly._ (_Outside, C._) Ha!
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
furnishing support and encouragement
From this reading (_Enter C., supporting DOCTOR.
in or at that place or location
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading LUCY runs and places arm-chair C., in which they seat him._) There, I’ve given you a good long walk; now be a good boy, be quiet, and entertain me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ha! what a queer old doctor! you make me laugh so, my sides ache, you’re so funny.
Chapter 16 of The Mimic Stage by George M. (George Melville) Baker holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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