Chapter 9 of The play's the thing is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The play's the thing is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TURAI. Well, I’m always open to suggestions. What would _you_ like to call the gentleman? ALMADY. Foche or Briand--or something short like that.
Chapter 9 of The play's the thing is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “Well, I’m always open to suggestions.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “What would _you_ like to call the gentleman?”
a man of refinement
From this reading “What would _you_ like to call the gentleman?”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “Well, I’m always open to suggestions.”
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading “Foche or Briand--or something short like that.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Foche or Briand--or something short like that.”
plural of “suggestion” — an idea that is suggested
From this reading “Well, I’m always open to suggestions.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, I’m always open to suggestions.”
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From this reading ALMADY.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Well, I’m always open to suggestions.
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From this reading Foche or Briand--or something short like that.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading What would _you_ like to call the gentleman?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foche or Briand--or something short like that.
a man of refinement
From this reading What would _you_ like to call the gentleman?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, I’m always open to suggestions.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading What would _you_ like to call the gentleman?
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Well, I’m always open to suggestions.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Foche or Briand--or something short like that.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading Foche or Briand--or something short like that.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Foche or Briand--or something short like that.
plural of “suggestion” — an idea that is suggested
From this reading Well, I’m always open to suggestions.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Foche or Briand--or something short like that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What would _you_ like to call the gentleman?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, I’m always open to suggestions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TURAI.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, I’m always open to suggestions.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would _you_ like to call the gentleman?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would _you_ like to call the gentleman?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What would _you_ like to call the gentleman?
Chapter 9 of The play's the thing by Ferenc Molnár holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 403 sentences of The play's the thing, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The play's the thing by Ferenc Molnár exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
Work through the 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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