Chapter 2 of John Bull's Other Island is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of John Bull's Other Island is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BROADBENT. Yes I have. There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl. DOYLE. Beau--!
Chapter 2 of John Bull's Other Island is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.”
a man who is the lover of a man or woman
From this reading “Beau--!”
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.”
a young female
From this reading “There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.”
the aggregate of past events
From this reading “There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.”
arousing affect
From this reading “There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes I have.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.
a man who is the lover of a man or woman
From this reading Beau--!
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BROADBENT.
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From this reading DOYLE.
a young female
From this reading There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Yes I have.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yes I have.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.
arousing affect
From this reading There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.
precisely as stated
From this reading There is something very touching about the history of this beautiful girl.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes I have.
Chapter 2 of John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw holds 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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 428 sentences of John Bull's Other Island, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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