Chapter 2 of The Trysting Place: A Farce in One Act is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Trysting Place: A Farce in One Act is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JESSIE What makes you so queer? MRS. BRIGGS (_with quiet severity_) Queer? You call your mother queer? It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.
Chapter 2 of The Trysting Place: A Farce in One Act is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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-ing form of “behave” — behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
From this reading “It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “You call your mother queer?”
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading “JESSIE What makes you so queer?”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “You call your mother queer?”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “JESSIE What makes you so queer?”
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading “BRIGGS (_with quiet severity_) Queer?”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.”
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
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-ing form of “behave” — behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
From this reading It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BRIGGS (_with quiet severity_) Queer?
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading You call your mother queer?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JESSIE What makes you so queer?
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading JESSIE What makes you so queer?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading You call your mother queer?
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading JESSIE What makes you so queer?
in a strange manner
From this reading It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading BRIGGS (_with quiet severity_) Queer?
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
From this reading BRIGGS (_with quiet severity_) Queer?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading JESSIE What makes you so queer?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading JESSIE What makes you so queer?
in the company of; together with
From this reading BRIGGS (_with quiet severity_) Queer?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading JESSIE What makes you so queer?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seems to me you’re the one that’s behaving queerly.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You call your mother queer?
Chapter 2 of The Trysting Place: A Farce in One Act by Booth Tarkington holds 415 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.
Chapter 2 holds 415 sentences of The Trysting Place: A Farce in One Act, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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