Chapter 2 of Joy: A Play on the Letter "I" is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Joy: A Play on the Letter "I" is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ERNEST. [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart. Bet you what you like we have thunder before tomorrow night. MISS BEECH. [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
Chapter 2 of Joy: A Play on the Letter "I" is here in full — 330 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/66 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
From this reading “MISS BEECH.”
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading “[Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.”
a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
From this reading “[Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?”
yielding a fair profit
From this reading “[Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.”
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading “[Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.”
-ing form of “remove” — remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading “[Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?”
a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
From this reading “[Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.”
the day after today
From this reading “Bet you what you like we have thunder before tomorrow night.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
From this reading MISS BEECH.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Bet you what you like we have thunder before tomorrow night.
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading Bet you what you like we have thunder before tomorrow night.
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ERNEST.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
a long fixed look
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Bet you what you like we have thunder before tomorrow night.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Bet you what you like we have thunder before tomorrow night.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading MISS BEECH.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Bet you what you like we have thunder before tomorrow night.
not any; not one
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
yielding a fair profit
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
-ing form of “remove” — remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading Bet you what you like we have thunder before tomorrow night.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Removing her gaze from JOY to LEVER.] You don't think we shall have it before to-night, do you?
the day after today
From this reading Bet you what you like we have thunder before tomorrow night.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Bet you what you like we have thunder before tomorrow night.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Bet you what you like we have thunder before tomorrow night.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [Paying no attention.] I've got a little ripper--never puts you in the cart.
Chapter 2 of Joy: A Play on the Letter "I" by John Galsworthy holds 330 sentences, grouped into 66 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 330 sentences of Joy: A Play on the Letter "I", unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
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