Chapter 4 of Saint Joan is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Saint Joan is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LA HIRE. Steady, Duke! Steady! THE ARCHBISHOP [_resolutely_] Come, come! this will not do. My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.
Chapter 4 of Saint Joan is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a bishop of highest rank
From this reading “THE ARCHBISHOP [_resolutely_] Come, come! this will not do.”
British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)
From this reading “My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.”
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading “Steady, Duke!”
engage or hire for work
From this reading “LA HIRE.”
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading “My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.”
showing firm determination or purpose
make steady
From this reading “Steady, Duke!”
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 “My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.”
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a bishop of highest rank
From this reading THE ARCHBISHOP [_resolutely_] Come, come! this will not do.
British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)
From this reading My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE ARCHBISHOP [_resolutely_] Come, come! this will not do.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading THE ARCHBISHOP [_resolutely_] Come, come! this will not do.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading Steady, Duke!
engage or hire for work
From this reading LA HIRE.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading LA HIRE.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE ARCHBISHOP [_resolutely_] Come, come! this will not do.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.
showing firm determination or purpose
From this reading THE ARCHBISHOP [_resolutely_] Come, come! this will not do.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.
make steady
From this reading Steady, Duke!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ARCHBISHOP [_resolutely_] Come, come! this will not do.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE ARCHBISHOP [_resolutely_] Come, come! this will not do.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading My lord Chamberlain; please! please! we must keep some sort of order.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading THE ARCHBISHOP [_resolutely_] Come, come! this will not do.
Chapter 4 of Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 4 holds 436 sentences of Saint Joan, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Saint Joan, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
