❝ Monologues · 6 lines · B2
He has no wife and children, for he had a tragic history.
The colonel's past · Sense and Sensibility (1995)
He has no wife and children, for he had a tragic history.
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He loved a girl once. Twenty years ago now.
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Why it's worth practising
Told in flat passives and bare dates, it lets the cruelty speak without any pleading.
Phrases in this speech
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