Chapter IX
Chapter 9
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DOLABELLA. O my friend! ANTONY. Well, Dolabella, you performed my message? DOLABELLA.
All for Love
Chapter IX · Chapter 9
Chapter 9 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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DOLABELLA.
O
my
friend!
ANTONY.
Well,
Dolabella,
you
performed
my
message?
DOLABELLA.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
All for Love
Chapter IX · Chapter 9
Chapter 9 of All for Love is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/40 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
DOLABELLA.
Line 2
O
my
friend!
/oʊ maɪ frend/
Line 3
ANTONY.
/ˈæntəni/
Line 4
Well,
Dolabella,
you
performed
my
message?
Line 5
DOLABELLA.
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.”
friend
noun
US /frend/
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “O my friend!”
message
noun
US /ˈmesədʒ/
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading “Well, Dolabella, you performed my message?”
performed
verb
US /pərˈfɔːrmd/
past form of “perform” — carry out or perform an action
From this reading “Well, Dolabella, you performed my message?”
Well
adverb
US /wel/
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, Dolabella, you performed my message?”
All words in this reading · 9
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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.
DOLABELLA
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DOLABELLA.
friendnounUS /frend/
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading O my friend!
messagenounUS /ˈmesədʒ/
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading Well, Dolabella, you performed my message?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading O my friend!
OnounUS /oʊ/
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O my friend!
performedverbUS /pərˈfɔːrmd/
past form of “perform” — carry out or perform an action
From this reading Well, Dolabella, you performed my message?
WelladverbUS /wel/
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, Dolabella, you performed my message?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, Dolabella, you performed my message?
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