Chapter 11 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Matthew. And you said nowt about starving bellies. If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two. Ruth. That's all over, father.
Chapter 11 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “belly” — the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
From this reading “And you said nowt about starving bellies.”
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
From this reading “If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.”
an alloy of copper and zinc
From this reading “If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.”
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading “If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.”
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
From this reading “Matthew.”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “Ruth.”
suffering from lack of food
From this reading “And you said nowt about starving bellies.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And you said nowt about starving bellies.
(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 That's all over, father.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And you said nowt about starving bellies.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
plural of “belly” — the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
From this reading And you said nowt about starving bellies.
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
an alloy of copper and zinc
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading That's all over, father.
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
engage in
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
From this reading Matthew.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And you said nowt about starving bellies.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
above and across; more than
From this reading That's all over, father.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading Ruth.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading And you said nowt about starving bellies.
suffering from lack of food
From this reading And you said nowt about starving bellies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's all over, father.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And you said nowt about starving bellies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you can't make brass enough to fill one belly, you'll be hard put to it to fill two.
Chapter 11 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game by Harold Brighouse holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 11 holds 405 sentences of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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