Chapter 3 of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AMY O'CONNELL. [_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon. That's all the cunning there has been. TREBELL. The rest is just mutual attraction?
Chapter 3 of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the force by which one object attracts another
From this reading “The rest is just mutual attraction?”
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading “That's all the cunning there has been.”
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “[_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon.”
common to or shared by two or more parties
From this reading “The rest is just mutual attraction?”
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading “The rest is just mutual attraction?”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “[_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon.”
in the near future
From this reading “[_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon.”
in a subtle manner
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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 That's all the cunning there has been.
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From this reading AMY O'CONNELL.
the force by which one object attracts another
From this reading The rest is just mutual attraction?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading That's all the cunning there has been.
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading That's all the cunning there has been.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading [_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That's all the cunning there has been.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The rest is just mutual attraction?
and nothing more
From this reading The rest is just mutual attraction?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading [_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon.
common to or shared by two or more parties
From this reading The rest is just mutual attraction?
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From this reading AMY O'CONNELL.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading The rest is just mutual attraction?
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading [_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon.
in the near future
From this reading [_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon.
in a subtle manner
From this reading [_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon.
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From this reading That's all the cunning there has been.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That's all the cunning there has been.
in or at that place or location
From this reading That's all the cunning there has been.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon.
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From this reading TREBELL.
precisely as stated
From this reading [_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [_Subtly._] Your sister grew to like me very soon.
Chapter 3 of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts by Harley Granville-Barker holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 3 holds 424 sentences of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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