Chapter 2 of Good Friday, and other poems is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Good Friday, and other poems is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PILATE. Leave torches at the door. Dismiss. [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes. Ah, not thus Do I go through the town.
Chapter 2 of Good Friday, and other poems is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/78 · 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.
bar from attention or consideration
From this reading “Dismiss.”
every person
From this reading “[SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.”
king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)
From this reading “[SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.”
plural of “hum” — the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
From this reading “[SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.”
plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
From this reading “[SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.”
the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)
From this reading “PILATE.”
plural of “torch” — a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
From this reading “Leave torches at the door.”
past form of “welcome” — accept gladly
From this reading “[SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.”
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.
In this reading “Leave torches at the door.”
undergo or live through a difficult experience
In this reading “Ah, not thus Do I go through the town.”
In this reading “Ah, not thus Do I go through the town.”
In this reading “[SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.”
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From this reading Ah, not thus Do I go through the town.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Leave torches at the door.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
bar from attention or consideration
From this reading Dismiss.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Ah, not thus Do I go through the town.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Leave torches at the door.
every person
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
plural of “hum” — the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Ah, not thus Do I go through the town.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
go away from a place
From this reading Leave torches at the door.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Ah, not thus Do I go through the town.
plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)
From this reading PILATE.
plural of “servant” — a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Leave torches at the door.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Ah, not thus Do I go through the town.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Ah, not thus Do I go through the town.
plural of “torch” — a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
From this reading Leave torches at the door.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Ah, not thus Do I go through the town.
past form of “welcome” — accept gladly
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
at the time that
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading [SERVANTS _go._ He comes Welcomed by everyone; the city hums With joy when Herod passes.
Chapter 2 of Good Friday, and other poems by John Masefield holds 390 sentences, grouped into 78 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 390 sentences of Good Friday, and other poems, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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