Chapter 4 of The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BUNTY Oh, what does it matter? Don’t let’s go on about it. TOM It’s all damned awkward. BUNTY What? TOM The whole thing.
Chapter 4 of The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Don’t let’s go on about it.”
causing inconvenience
From this reading “TOM It’s all damned awkward.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “TOM It’s all damned awkward.”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “BUNTY Oh, what does it matter?”
a special situation
From this reading “TOM The whole thing.”
male cat
From this reading “TOM It’s all damned awkward.”
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading “TOM The whole thing.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “TOM The whole thing.”
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “Don’t let’s go on about it.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Don’t let’s go on about it.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading TOM It’s all damned awkward.
causing inconvenience
From this reading TOM It’s all damned awkward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BUNTY Oh, what does it matter?
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading TOM It’s all damned awkward.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BUNTY Oh, what does it matter?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t let’s go on about it.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Don’t let’s go on about it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BUNTY Oh, what does it matter?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TOM It’s all damned awkward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t let’s go on about it.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading BUNTY Oh, what does it matter?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading BUNTY Oh, what does it matter?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Don’t let’s go on about it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TOM The whole thing.
a special situation
From this reading TOM The whole thing.
male cat
From this reading TOM It’s all damned awkward.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading BUNTY Oh, what does it matter?
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading TOM The whole thing.
Chapter 4 of The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts by Noël Coward holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 4 holds 422 sentences of The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts by Noël Coward exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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