Chapter 3 of Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANABEL. Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never. OLIVER. Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder. But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
Chapter 3 of Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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widely separated especially in space
From this reading “Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder.”
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading “Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.”
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
From this reading “Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder.”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.”
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
From this reading “OLIVER.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.”
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading “Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.”
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anew
From this reading Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANABEL.
widely separated especially in space
From this reading Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.
at any time
From this reading But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
From this reading Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
and nothing more
From this reading Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
From this reading OLIVER.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.
by chance
From this reading Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Just left the gap?--Perhaps, if everything has to come asunder.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
in or at that place or location
From this reading But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sometimes I feel I ought never to have come to Gerald again--never--never--never.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But I think, if ever there is to be life--hope,--then you had to come back.
Chapter 3 of Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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