Chapter 12 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ephraim (_with sympathy_). It's true, Matt. Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it. Matthew. It's your fault, then.
Chapter 12 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “It's your fault, then.”
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading “It's true, Matt.”
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
From this reading “Matthew.”
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading “Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.”
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.”
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading “Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.”
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
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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 Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ephraim (_with sympathy_).
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading It's your fault, then.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's true, Matt.
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading It's true, Matt.
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
From this reading Matthew.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
From this reading Ephraim (_with sympathy_).
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading It's your fault, then.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading It's true, Matt.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ephraim (_with sympathy_).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good cloth means a good price and people won't pay it.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It's your fault, then.
Chapter 12 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game by Harold Brighouse holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 12 holds 408 sentences of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game by Harold Brighouse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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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