Chapter 2 of Antony and Cleopatra is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Antony and Cleopatra is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Cleo. We will not looke vpon him: Go with vs. Exeunt. Messen. Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.
Chapter 2 of Antony and Cleopatra is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
From this reading “Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.”
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading “Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.”
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social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
From this reading Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.
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From this reading Cleo.
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From this reading Exeunt.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.
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From this reading Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We will not looke vpon him: Go with vs.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We will not looke vpon him: Go with vs.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.
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From this reading We will not looke vpon him: Go with vs.
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From this reading Messen.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We will not looke vpon him: Go with vs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.
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From this reading We will not looke vpon him: Go with vs.
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From this reading We will not looke vpon him: Go with vs.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We will not looke vpon him: Go with vs.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Fuluia thy Wife, First came into the Field Ant.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We will not looke vpon him: Go with vs.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We will not looke vpon him: Go with vs.
Chapter 2 of Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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 171 sentences of Antony and Cleopatra, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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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