Chapter 4 of Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Allen. Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass. (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock. Deb. (_Little c._) Thank thee, Allen dear.
Chapter 4 of Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 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.”
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)
From this reading “Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.”
a farm where dairy products are produced
From this reading “(_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.”
a young woman making her debut into society
From this reading “Deb.”
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading “(_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.”
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading “Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.”
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading “(_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.”
the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest
From this reading “(_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.”
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In this reading “Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.”
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From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
(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 (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
From this reading Allen.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading (_Little c._) Thank thee, Allen dear.
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
a farm where dairy products are produced
From this reading (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
dearly loved
From this reading (_Little c._) Thank thee, Allen dear.
a young woman making her debut into society
From this reading Deb.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading (_Little c._) Thank thee, Allen dear.
engage in
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
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 Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest
From this reading (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading (_Little c._) Thank thee, Allen dear.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (_Taking her hand._) Thee shalt ha’ the best farm in all the country, and the best dairy, and the best stock.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
at the time that
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Ah, thee will some day, o’ course, and when thee does we must make thee comfortable, lass.
Chapter 4 of Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome holds 392 sentences, grouped into 79 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 4 holds 392 sentences of Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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