Chapter 2 of Anna Christie is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Anna Christie is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs? CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow. All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch. Ay gat heave line to dat fallar. [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
Chapter 2 of Anna Christie is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading “ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?”
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading “ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?”
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
From this reading “[He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.”
a gangster's pistol
From this reading “Ay gat heave line to dat fallar.”
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?”
utter a sound, as with obvious effort
From this reading “Ay gat heave line to dat fallar.”
plural of “hurry” — a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “[He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.”
plural of “pick” — the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading “[He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.”
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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 [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
in a state of sleep
From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow.
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow.
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading Ay gat heave line to dat fallar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
a gangster's pistol
From this reading Ay gat heave line to dat fallar.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow.
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
utter a sound, as with obvious effort
From this reading Ay gat heave line to dat fallar.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow.
plural of “hurry” — a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Ay gat heave line to dat fallar.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
plural of “pick” — the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
with resentment; in a resentful manner
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
a strong line
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
in the direction of
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
in or at the place that
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
Chapter 2 of Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill holds 463 sentences, grouped into 93 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 2 holds 463 sentences of Anna Christie, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 463 sentences, grouped into 93 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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