Chapter IV
Chapter 4
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ANTONY. Our own hard fates. CLEOPATRA. We make those fates ourselves. ANTONY.
All for Love
Chapter IV · Chapter 4
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ANTONY.
Our
own
hard
fates.
CLEOPATRA.
We
make
those
fates
ourselves.
ANTONY.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
All for Love
Chapter IV · Chapter 4
Chapter 4 of All for Love is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/40 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
ANTONY.
/ˈæntəni/
Line 2
Our
own
hard
fates.
/ˈaʊər oʊn hɑːrd feɪts/
Line 3
CLEOPATRA.
/ˌkliːəˈpætrə/
Line 4
We
make
those
fates
ourselves.
/wiː meɪk ðoʊz feɪts aʊərˈselvz/
Line 5
ANTONY.
/ˈæntəni/
Learner Dictionary
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
antony
noun
US /ˈæntəni/
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 “ANTONY.”
cleopatra
noun
US /ˌkliːəˈpætrə/
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.”
fates
noun
US /feɪts/
plural of “fate” — an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading “Our own hard fates.”
hard
adjective
US /hɑːrd/
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “Our own hard fates.”
make
verb
US /meɪk/
engage in
From this reading “We make those fates ourselves.”
ourselves
pronoun
US /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “We make those fates ourselves.”
own
verb
US /oʊn/
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “Our own hard fates.”
those
determiner
US /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “We make those fates ourselves.”
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ANTONYnounUS /ˈæntəni/
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 ANTONY.
CLEOPATRAnounUS /ˌkliːəˈpætrə/
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.
fatesnounUS /feɪts/
plural of “fate” — an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading Our own hard fates.
hardadjectiveUS /hɑːrd/
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Our own hard fates.
makeverbUS /meɪk/
engage in
From this reading We make those fates ourselves.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our own hard fates.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading We make those fates ourselves.
ownverbUS /oʊn/
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Our own hard fates.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We make those fates ourselves.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We make those fates ourselves.
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