Chapter 2 of Androcles and the Lion is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Androcles and the Lion is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CAPTAIN. It will soon be iron again. I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week. LAVINIA. Remember me for a fortnight, handsome Captain.
Chapter 2 of Androcles and the Lion is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 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.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “THE CAPTAIN.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading “I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.”
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading “Remember me for a fortnight, handsome Captain.”
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading “Remember me for a fortnight, handsome Captain.”
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading “It will soon be iron again.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Remember me for a fortnight, handsome Captain.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.
anew
From this reading It will soon be iron again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It will soon be iron again.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading THE CAPTAIN.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Remember me for a fortnight, handsome Captain.
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading Remember me for a fortnight, handsome Captain.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading Remember me for a fortnight, handsome Captain.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading It will soon be iron again.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It will soon be iron again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LAVINIA.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Remember me for a fortnight, handsome Captain.
To recall to mind.
From this reading Remember me for a fortnight, handsome Captain.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.
in the near future
From this reading It will soon be iron again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CAPTAIN.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will soon be iron again.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading I have seen many women die, and forgotten them in a week.
Chapter 2 of Androcles and the Lion by Bernard Shaw holds 459 sentences, grouped into 92 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 459 sentences of Androcles and the Lion, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
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