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Chapter 3 of All for Love is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALEXAS. Does this weak passion Become a mighty queen? CLEOPATRA. I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain? These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
Chapter 3 of All for Love is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading “These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.”
surrounded by hostile forces
From this reading “I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?”
beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
From this reading “CLEOPATRA.”
plural of “ill” — an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
From this reading “These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.”
expressing extreme contempt
From this reading “I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?”
feel sadness
From this reading “These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.”
possessive form of “victor” — a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading “I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading “I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?”
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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 Does this weak passion Become a mighty queen?
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From this reading ALEXAS.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Does this weak passion Become a mighty queen?
surrounded by hostile forces
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
From this reading CLEOPATRA.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Does this weak passion Become a mighty queen?
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
plural of “ill” — an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
expressing extreme contempt
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading Does this weak passion Become a mighty queen?
feel sadness
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
not any; not one
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
not one thing; not anything
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
a strong feeling or emotion
From this reading Does this weak passion Become a mighty queen?
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading Does this weak passion Become a mighty queen?
relating to or characteristic of people of Rome
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These ills are small: For Antony is lost, and I can mourn For nothing else but him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Does this weak passion Become a mighty queen?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
possessive form of “victor” — a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
wanting in physical strength
From this reading Does this weak passion Become a mighty queen?
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor's chain?
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Chapter 3 holds 202 sentences of All for Love, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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