Chapter 2 of Vandyke Brown: A Farce in One Act is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Vandyke Brown: A Farce in One Act is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
REBECCA. It will be ready directly, sir. _Exit, C. to L._ VAN. That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright. Egad!
Chapter 2 of Vandyke Brown: A Farce in One Act is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.”
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading “That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.”
without deviation
From this reading “It will be ready directly, sir.”
an opening that permits escape or release
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading “That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.”
(Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
From this reading “REBECCA.”
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.”
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading “_Exit, C. to L._ VAN.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.”
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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 That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It will be ready directly, sir.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading _Exit, C. to L._ VAN.
without deviation
From this reading It will be ready directly, sir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Egad!
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading _Exit, C. to L._ VAN.
a young female
From this reading That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It will be ready directly, sir.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading _Exit, C. to L._ VAN.
engage in
From this reading That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading It will be ready directly, sir.
(Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
From this reading REBECCA.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
term of address for a man
From this reading It will be ready directly, sir.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Exit, C. to L._ VAN.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading _Exit, C. to L._ VAN.
precisely as stated
From this reading That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will be ready directly, sir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That girl wouldn't make a bad model; but she don't seem very bright.
Chapter 2 of Vandyke Brown: A Farce in One Act by Adolphus Charles Troughton holds 472 sentences, grouped into 95 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 2 holds 472 sentences of Vandyke Brown: A Farce in One Act, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
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