Chapter 3 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 III
Chapter 3 of Anna Christie is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BURKE--You don't know the like I am. Death itself wouldn't make me forget her. So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her. I'll not, and be damned to you! It won't be so bad for you as you'd make out at all.
Chapter 3 of Anna Christie is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “It won't be so bad for you as you'd make out at all.”
British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
From this reading “BURKE--You don't know the like I am.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “I'll not, and be damned to you!”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Death itself wouldn't make me forget her.”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Death itself wouldn't make me forget her.”
the act of departing
From this reading “So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her.”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her.”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her.
(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 It won't be so bad for you as you'd make out at all.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading BURKE--You don't know the like I am.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I'll not, and be damned to you!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It won't be so bad for you as you'd make out at all.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It won't be so bad for you as you'd make out at all.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading It won't be so bad for you as you'd make out at all.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her.
British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
From this reading BURKE--You don't know the like I am.
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading I'll not, and be damned to you!
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Death itself wouldn't make me forget her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BURKE--You don't know the like I am.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It won't be so bad for you as you'd make out at all.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Death itself wouldn't make me forget her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Death itself wouldn't make me forget her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BURKE--You don't know the like I am.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll not, and be damned to you!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It won't be so bad for you as you'd make out at all.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Death itself wouldn't make me forget her.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading BURKE--You don't know the like I am.
the act of departing
From this reading So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading BURKE--You don't know the like I am.
engage in
From this reading Death itself wouldn't make me forget her.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Death itself wouldn't make me forget her.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It won't be so bad for you as you'd make out at all.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BURKE--You don't know the like I am.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So let you not be making talk to me about leaving her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It won't be so bad for you as you'd make out at all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Death itself wouldn't make me forget her.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading BURKE--You don't know the like I am.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It won't be so bad for you as you'd make out at all.
Chapter 3 of Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill holds 463 sentences, grouped into 93 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 3 holds 463 sentences of Anna Christie, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
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