Chapter 17 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Guy (_well satisfied_). Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night. Captain. To be candid with you, I don't like it at all. Guy.
Chapter 17 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading “To be candid with you, I don't like it at all.”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.”
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “Guy (_well satisfied_).”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.”
filled with satisfaction
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading “Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.”
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In this reading “Guy (_well satisfied_).”
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(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 To be candid with you, I don't like it at all.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To be candid with you, I don't like it at all.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To be candid with you, I don't like it at all.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading To be candid with you, I don't like it at all.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To be candid with you, I don't like it at all.
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading Guy (_well satisfied_).
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading To be candid with you, I don't like it at all.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.
filled with satisfaction
From this reading Guy (_well satisfied_).
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To be candid with you, I don't like it at all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Guy (_well satisfied_).
in the company of; together with
From this reading To be candid with you, I don't like it at all.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading To be candid with you, I don't like it at all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Captain, like it or not, you'll have warm work to-night.
Chapter 17 of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game by Harold Brighouse holds 402 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 17 holds 402 sentences of Three Lancashire Plays: The Game, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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