Chapter 5 of Joan of Arc: A Play in Five Acts is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Joan of Arc: A Play in Five Acts is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Enter WIDOW._ WID. Am I then so near him? Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish. RICHE. Time wears--dares she delay?
Chapter 5 of Joan of Arc: A Play in Five Acts is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
From this reading “Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.”
plural of “dare” — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading “Time wears--dares she delay?”
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading “Time wears--dares she delay?”
to come or go into
in order that something should not happen
From this reading “Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.”
make imperfect
From this reading “Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.”
plural of “wear” — impairment resulting from long use
From this reading “Time wears--dares she delay?”
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “_Enter WIDOW._ WID.”
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In this reading “Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Am I then so near him?
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
From this reading Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.
plural of “dare” — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading Time wears--dares she delay?
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading Time wears--dares she delay?
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter WIDOW._ WID.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Am I then so near him?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Am I then so near him?
immediately past
From this reading Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.
in order that something should not happen
From this reading Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.
make imperfect
From this reading Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Am I then so near him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RICHE.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Time wears--dares she delay?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Am I then so near him?
not in physical motion
From this reading Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Am I then so near him?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Time wears--dares she delay?
plural of “wear” — impairment resulting from long use
From this reading Time wears--dares she delay?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Enter WIDOW._ WID.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading _Enter WIDOW._ WID.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading Lie still, my heart, lest these convulsive throbbings Mar my last wish.
Chapter 5 of Joan of Arc: A Play in Five Acts by J. A. (Jane Alice) Sargant holds 362 sentences, grouped into 73 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.
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