Chapter 10 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Jack. Elsie! Elsie (_to Jack_). Isn't it impossible? Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
Chapter 10 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 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.
movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading “Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.”
the organ of sight
From this reading “Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.”
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading “Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.”
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading “Isn't it impossible?”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “Jack.”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.”
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading “Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.”
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 “Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
later than; following
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Elsie!
the organ of sight
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading Isn't it impossible?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Isn't it impossible?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Isn't it impossible?
a small worthless amount
From this reading Jack.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Elsie (_to Jack_).
during the time that
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
an affirmative
From this reading Jack (_after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head._) Yes.
Chapter 10 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game by Harold Brighouse holds 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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 10 holds 393 sentences of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game by Harold Brighouse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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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