Chapter 1 of Anna Christie is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Anna Christie is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here? ANNA--Yes. Oh, not what you mean. It's my Old Man I got to meet. Honest!
Chapter 1 of Anna Christie is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/90 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading “ANNA--Yes.”
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading “Honest!”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “Oh, not what you mean.”
come together
From this reading “MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?”
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading “MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?”
an affirmative
From this reading “ANNA--Yes.”
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 MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
later than; following
From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading ANNA--Yes.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading Honest!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It's my Old Man I got to meet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's my Old Man I got to meet.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading It's my Old Man I got to meet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading Oh, not what you mean.
come together
From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It's my Old Man I got to meet.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Oh, not what you mean.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, not what you mean.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading It's my Old Man I got to meet.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
express in words
From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
a person, without saying who
From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Oh, not what you mean.
an affirmative
From this reading ANNA--Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, not what you mean.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
Chapter 1 of Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill holds 454 sentences, grouped into 91 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 1 holds 454 sentences of Anna Christie, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 454 sentences, grouped into 91 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.
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