Chapter 4 of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WEDGECROFT. Otherwise ... I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence. I'm very glad you've arrived. TREBELL.
Chapter 4 of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “I'm very glad you've arrived.”
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading “I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.”
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “I'm very glad you've arrived.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.”
the aggregate of past events
From this reading “I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.”
in other respects or ways
From this reading “Otherwise ...”
express a supposition
From this reading “I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.”
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past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading I'm very glad you've arrived.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading I'm very glad you've arrived.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
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From this reading I'm very glad you've arrived.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
in other respects or ways
From this reading Otherwise ...
express a supposition
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
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From this reading TREBELL.
precisely as stated
From this reading I'm very glad you've arrived.
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From this reading WEDGECROFT.
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From this reading I'm very glad you've arrived.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I suppose ... now I may go down to history as having been in your confidence.
Chapter 4 of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts by Harley Granville-Barker holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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