Chapter 8 of The 'Mind the Paint' Girl is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The 'Mind the Paint' Girl is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JIMMIE. [_Startled._] It-- it all depends---- FARNCOMBE. Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone. JIMMIE. Remain-- you and I?
Chapter 8 of The 'Mind the Paint' Girl is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading “Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.”
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.”
third-person singular of “depend” — be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading “[_Startled._] It-- it all depends---- FARNCOMBE.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.”
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
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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 Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
later than; following
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
(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 [_Startled._] It-- it all depends---- FARNCOMBE.
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Remain-- you and I?
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
third-person singular of “depend” — be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading [_Startled._] It-- it all depends---- FARNCOMBE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Startled._] It-- it all depends---- FARNCOMBE.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Remain-- you and I?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading [_Startled._] It-- it all depends---- FARNCOMBE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JIMMIE.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading [_Startled._] It-- it all depends---- FARNCOMBE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Beg her to allow me to remain behind, with you, for a few minutes after the others have gone.
Chapter 8 of The 'Mind the Paint' Girl by Arthur Wing Pinero holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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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