Chapter 6 of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CANTELUPE. Poetry again! TREBELL. I beg your pardon. Well ... you've no further proof.
Chapter 6 of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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anew
From this reading “Poetry again!”
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “I beg your pardon.”
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading “Well ... you've no further proof.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “I beg your pardon.”
literature in metrical form
From this reading “Poetry again!”
any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
From this reading “Well ... you've no further proof.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well ... you've no further proof.”
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anew
From this reading Poetry again!
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading I beg your pardon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CANTELUPE.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading Well ... you've no further proof.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I beg your pardon.
not any; not one
From this reading Well ... you've no further proof.
accept an excuse for
From this reading I beg your pardon.
literature in metrical form
From this reading Poetry again!
any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
From this reading Well ... you've no further proof.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TREBELL.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well ... you've no further proof.
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From this reading Well ... you've no further proof.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I beg your pardon.
Chapter 6 of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts by Harley Granville-Barker holds 411 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.
Chapter 6 holds 411 sentences of Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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