Chapter 2 of Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Allen. Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee. Mrs. R. It’s a funny way o’ doing it. Allen. I doan’t know how her done it, but her done it.
Chapter 2 of Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
From this reading “Allen.”
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “Mrs. R. It’s a funny way o’ doing it.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “I doan’t know how her done it, but her done it.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “Mrs. R. It’s a funny way o’ doing it.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Mrs. R. It’s a funny way o’ doing it.
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
From this reading Allen.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I doan’t know how her done it, but her done it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I doan’t know how her done it, but her done it.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading Mrs. R. It’s a funny way o’ doing it.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I doan’t know how her done it, but her done it.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading Mrs. R. It’s a funny way o’ doing it.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I doan’t know how her done it, but her done it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I doan’t know how her done it, but her done it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I doan’t know how her done it, but her done it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. R. It’s a funny way o’ doing it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. R. It’s a funny way o’ doing it.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I doan’t know how her done it, but her done it.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. R. It’s a funny way o’ doing it.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Mrs. R. It’s a funny way o’ doing it.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading Mrs. R. It’s a funny way o’ doing it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Mrs. R. It’s a funny way o’ doing it.
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes thee have, thee’ve smoshed un--that be the new Lunnun word; made un in love wi’ thee.
Chapter 2 of Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome holds 454 sentences, grouped into 91 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 454 sentences of Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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