Chapter 4 of The Romancers: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Romancers: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STRAFOREL. Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage! [He goes out. The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.] Curtain * * * * * ACT III SCENE: The scene is the same except that the wall is being rebuilt.
Chapter 4 of The Romancers: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading “The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]”
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading “The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]”
the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
From this reading “The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]”
plural of “fiddler” — a musician who plays the violin
From this reading “The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]”
a stately court dance in the 17th century
From this reading “The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]”
being ten more than eighty
From this reading “Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!”
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading “Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!”
inflected form of “rebuild” — build again
From this reading “Curtain * * * * * ACT III SCENE: The scene is the same except that the wall is being rebuilt.”
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perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading Curtain * * * * * ACT III SCENE: The scene is the same except that the wall is being rebuilt.
Having no one else present.
From this reading The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Curtain * * * * * ACT III SCENE: The scene is the same except that the wall is being rebuilt.
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]
apart from; not including
From this reading Curtain * * * * * ACT III SCENE: The scene is the same except that the wall is being rebuilt.
the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
From this reading The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]
plural of “fiddler” — a musician who plays the violin
From this reading The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading [He goes out.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [He goes out.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Curtain * * * * * ACT III SCENE: The scene is the same except that the wall is being rebuilt.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Curtain * * * * * ACT III SCENE: The scene is the same except that the wall is being rebuilt.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
a stately court dance in the 17th century
From this reading The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
being ten more than eighty
From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading [He goes out.
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
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From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
inflected form of “rebuild” — build again
From this reading Curtain * * * * * ACT III SCENE: The scene is the same except that the wall is being rebuilt.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Curtain * * * * * ACT III SCENE: The scene is the same except that the wall is being rebuilt.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading Curtain * * * * * ACT III SCENE: The scene is the same except that the wall is being rebuilt.
a male human offspring
From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STRAFOREL.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Curtain * * * * * ACT III SCENE: The scene is the same except that the wall is being rebuilt.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The three FIDDLERS, left alone, continue their minuet, as the curtain falls.]
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Curtain * * * * * ACT III SCENE: The scene is the same except that the wall is being rebuilt.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Straforel, my son, if you want your ninety pistoles, you must patch up this marriage!
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