Chapter 6 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 6 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.
JOB ARTHUR. They've never had a try yet. GERALD. They're trying every day. They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.
Chapter 6 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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elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading “JOB ARTHUR.”
power to direct or determine
From this reading “They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.”
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading “They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.”
the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
From this reading “They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “JOB ARTHUR.”
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading “They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.”
and nothing more
From this reading “They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.”
hard to endure
From this reading “They're trying every day.”
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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 They've never had a try yet.
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading JOB ARTHUR.
power to direct or determine
From this reading They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading They're trying every day.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading They're trying every day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GERALD.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They've never had a try yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.
the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
From this reading They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading JOB ARTHUR.
and nothing more
From this reading They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading They've never had a try yet.
and nothing more
From this reading They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They just simply couldn't control modern industry--they haven't the intelligence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They're trying every day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They've never had a try yet.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading They've never had a try yet.
hard to endure
From this reading They're trying every day.
but in spite of that
From this reading They've never had a try yet.
Chapter 6 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.
Chapter 6 holds 443 sentences of Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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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