Chapter 2 of Beyond the Horizon is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Beyond the Horizon is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ROBERT. Come! We’ll go and tell them at once. RUTH. (_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.
Chapter 2 of Beyond the Horizon is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come!”
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
destroyed or killed
From this reading “(_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.”
on one occasion
From this reading “We’ll go and tell them at once.”
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “(_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.”
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “ROBERT.”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “RUTH.”
express in words
From this reading “We’ll go and tell them at once.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “We’ll go and tell them at once.”
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.
later than; following
From this reading (_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We’ll go and tell them at once.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We’ll go and tell them at once.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come!
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
From this reading (_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We’ll go and tell them at once.
destroyed or killed
From this reading (_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.
not any; not one
From this reading (_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading (_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading (_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.
on one occasion
From this reading We’ll go and tell them at once.
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading (_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading ROBERT.
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading RUTH.
express in words
From this reading We’ll go and tell them at once.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We’ll go and tell them at once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_dismayed_) Oh, no, don’t, Rob, not ’til after I’ve gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll go and tell them at once.
Chapter 2 of Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 441 sentences of Beyond the Horizon, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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.
Work through the 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 257 minutes of reading across 618 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Beyond the Horizon, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
