Chapter 3 of The Romancers: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Romancers: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BERGAMIN. No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract. Let us not say a word until then. PASQUINOT. Very well.
Chapter 3 of The Romancers: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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enter into a contractual arrangement
From this reading “No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.”
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading “No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let us not say a word until then.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.”
express in words
From this reading “Let us not say a word until then.”
language expressed by visible hand gestures
From this reading “No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “Let us not say a word until then.”
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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 Let us not say a word until then.
later than; following
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
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From this reading BERGAMIN.
enter into a contractual arrangement
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us not say a word until then.
not any; not one
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PASQUINOT.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
express in words
From this reading Let us not say a word until then.
language expressed by visible hand gestures
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Let us not say a word until then.
up to a particular time
From this reading No, please don't do that--at least not until after the signing of the contract.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let us not say a word until then.
precisely as stated
From this reading Very well.
(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 Very well.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Let us not say a word until then.
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