Chapter 7 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 7 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. So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing. Ha!--aren't you just the same? You haven't altered one scrap not a scrap. GERALD.
Chapter 7 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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changed in form or character without becoming something else
From this reading “You haven't altered one scrap not a scrap.”
contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
From this reading “So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.”
Identical; not different.
From this reading “Ha!--aren't you just the same?”
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading “You haven't altered one scrap not a scrap.”
your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading “So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.”
a special situation
From this reading “So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.”
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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 You haven't altered one scrap not a scrap.
changed in form or character without becoming something else
From this reading You haven't altered one scrap not a scrap.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.
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From this reading ANABEL.
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From this reading Ha!--aren't you just the same?
contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
From this reading So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GERALD.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading Ha!--aren't you just the same?
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From this reading You haven't altered one scrap not a scrap.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.
and nothing more
From this reading Ha!--aren't you just the same?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You haven't altered one scrap not a scrap.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading You haven't altered one scrap not a scrap.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Ha!--aren't you just the same?
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading You haven't altered one scrap not a scrap.
your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ha!--aren't you just the same?
a special situation
From this reading So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So am I, dead tired: you self-deceiving, self complacent thing.
Chapter 7 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 7 holds 443 sentences of Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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