Chapter 3 of The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 3 of The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOM And I’d let them see it, too. FLORENCE [_Holding out her hands_] Tom---- TOM Yes? FLORENCE I forgive you. TOM I can’t bear you being angry with me. FLORENCE Can’t you, really?
Chapter 3 of The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading “TOM I can’t bear you being angry with me.”
have
From this reading “TOM I can’t bear you being angry with me.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “FLORENCE [_Holding out her hands_] Tom---- TOM Yes?”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “FLORENCE I forgive you.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
the act of retaining something
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “FLORENCE Can’t you, really?”
male cat
From this reading “TOM And I’d let them see it, too.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TOM And I’d let them see it, too.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading TOM I can’t bear you being angry with me.
have
From this reading TOM I can’t bear you being angry with me.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading TOM I can’t bear you being angry with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TOM I can’t bear you being angry with me.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading FLORENCE [_Holding out her hands_] Tom---- TOM Yes?
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading FLORENCE I forgive you.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading FLORENCE [_Holding out her hands_] Tom---- TOM Yes?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading FLORENCE [_Holding out her hands_] Tom---- TOM Yes?
the act of retaining something
From this reading FLORENCE [_Holding out her hands_] Tom---- TOM Yes?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading FLORENCE I forgive you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TOM And I’d let them see it, too.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading TOM And I’d let them see it, too.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading TOM And I’d let them see it, too.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading TOM I can’t bear you being angry with me.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading FLORENCE [_Holding out her hands_] Tom---- TOM Yes?
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading FLORENCE Can’t you, really?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading TOM And I’d let them see it, too.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading TOM And I’d let them see it, too.
male cat
From this reading TOM And I’d let them see it, too.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading TOM And I’d let them see it, too.
in the company of; together with
From this reading TOM I can’t bear you being angry with me.
an affirmative
From this reading FLORENCE [_Holding out her hands_] Tom---- TOM Yes?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading FLORENCE I forgive you.
Chapter 3 of The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts by Noël Coward holds 465 sentences, grouped into 93 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 3 holds 465 sentences of The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
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