Chapter 2 of A Minor Poet, and Other Verse is here in full — 305 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of A Minor Poet, and Other Verse is here in full — 305 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JASON. Shrew, triple-linked with Hell, get you within. Shame not my house! ’Tis your own harm you work. [MEDEA _goes within_.
Chapter 2 of A Minor Poet, and Other Verse is here in full — 305 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “’Tis your own harm you work.”
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading “Shrew, triple-linked with Hell, get you within.”
(Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece
From this reading “JASON.”
(Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
From this reading “[MEDEA _goes within_.”
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading “Shame not my house!”
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading “’Tis your own harm you work.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “Shrew, triple-linked with Hell, get you within.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Shrew, triple-linked with Hell, get you within.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading [MEDEA _goes within_.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading ’Tis your own harm you work.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading Shrew, triple-linked with Hell, get you within.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Shame not my house!
(Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece
From this reading JASON.
(Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
From this reading [MEDEA _goes within_.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Shame not my house!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Shame not my house!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading ’Tis your own harm you work.
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading Shame not my house!
a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
From this reading Shrew, triple-linked with Hell, get you within.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading ’Tis your own harm you work.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shrew, triple-linked with Hell, get you within.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Shrew, triple-linked with Hell, get you within.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Shrew, triple-linked with Hell, get you within.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading ’Tis your own harm you work.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Shrew, triple-linked with Hell, get you within.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ’Tis your own harm you work.
Chapter 2 of A Minor Poet, and Other Verse by Amy Levy holds 305 sentences, grouped into 61 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 305 sentences of A Minor Poet, and Other Verse, unabridged, divided into 61 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of A Minor Poet, and Other Verse by Amy Levy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 305 sentences, grouped into 61 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 61 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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