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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading So I shall ask you to imagine that the act whose commercial story I am about to tell represents in itself every kind of act to be seen in vaudeville.
absolutely
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From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
ACT
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all
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From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading So I shall ask you to imagine that the act whose commercial story I am about to tell represents in itself every kind of act to be seen in vaudeville.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
AnyonepronounUS /ˈeniwʌn/
any person at all
From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
ask
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From this reading So I shall ask you to imagine that the act whose commercial story I am about to tell represents in itself every kind of act to be seen in vaudeville.
assuming
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
author's
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
BOOKED
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booking
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
brief
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From this reading For this reason I shall devote this final chapter to a brief discussion of the subject.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
career
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
chapter
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From this reading For this reason I shall devote this final chapter to a brief discussion of the subject.
combine
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From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
comedy
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
commercial
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couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
devote
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From this reading For this reason I shall devote this final chapter to a brief discussion of the subject.
discussion
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From this reading For this reason I shall devote this final chapter to a brief discussion of the subject.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading So I shall ask you to imagine that the act whose commercial story I am about to tell represents in itself every kind of act to be seen in vaudeville.
examples
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experience
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From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
famous
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From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
final
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From this reading For this reason I shall devote this final chapter to a brief discussion of the subject.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For this reason I shall devote this final chapter to a brief discussion of the subject.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
given
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From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
history
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hopes
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From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
HOW
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From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For this reason I shall devote this final chapter to a brief discussion of the subject.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So I shall ask you to imagine that the act whose commercial story I am about to tell represents in itself every kind of act to be seen in vaudeville.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading So I shall ask you to imagine that the act whose commercial story I am about to tell represents in itself every kind of act to be seen in vaudeville.
kind
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From this reading So I shall ask you to imagine that the act whose commercial story I am about to tell represents in itself every kind of act to be seen in vaudeville.
knowledge
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From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
manuscriptnounUS /ˈmæn.jə.skrɪpt/
A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
money
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monologue
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
musical
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
necessary
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From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
office
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
Permit
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
playlet
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
points
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From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
printednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
producer's
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
purpose
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
reason
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From this reading For this reason I shall devote this final chapter to a brief discussion of the subject.
represents
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
seen
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From this reading So I shall ask you to imagine that the act whose commercial story I am about to tell represents in itself every kind of act to be seen in vaudeville.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading For this reason I shall devote this final chapter to a brief discussion of the subject.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
story
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From this reading So I shall ask you to imagine that the act whose commercial story I am about to tell represents in itself every kind of act to be seen in vaudeville.
subject
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From this reading For this reason I shall devote this final chapter to a brief discussion of the subject.
success
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From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
taken
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From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So I shall ask you to imagine that the act whose commercial story I am about to tell represents in itself every kind of act to be seen in vaudeville.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For this reason I shall devote this final chapter to a brief discussion of the subject.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
trace
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
transformed
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From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
two-act
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From this reading Permit me, therefore, to take the manuscript of an act, assuming for my purpose that it represents a monologue or a two-act, a playlet or a musical comedy, and trace its commercial career from the author's hands, into a producer's, through a booking office, to success.
understanding
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From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
VAUDEVILLE
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From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
volume
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From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading So I shall ask you to imagine that the act whose commercial story I am about to tell represents in itself every kind of act to be seen in vaudeville.
work
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From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Anyone of the famous examples printed in this volume could be so taken and its history told, but no one would combine in its experience all the points that should be given.
writer
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From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
writing
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From this reading HOW A VAUDEVILLE ACT IS BOOKED While an understanding of how a vaudeville act is transformed from a manuscript into a commercial success may not be necessary to the writing of a good act, such a knowledge is absolutely necessary to the writer who hopes to make money by his work.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So I shall ask you to imagine that the act whose commercial story I am about to tell represents in itself every kind of act to be seen in vaudeville.
