Chapter 2 of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts is here in full — 289 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts is here in full — 289 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ENID. I 'm not afraid of you. ROBERTS. [Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid. Mr. Anthony is not a coward like the rest of them.
Chapter 2 of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts is here in full — 289 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “I 'm not afraid of you.”
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading “[Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.”
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
From this reading “[Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.”
a person who shows fear or timidity
From this reading “Mr. Anthony is not a coward like the rest of them.”
a female human offspring
From this reading “[Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.”
a town in north central Oklahoma
From this reading “ENID.”
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “[Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.”
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
From this reading “ROBERTS.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Mr. Anthony is not a coward like the rest of them.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading I 'm not afraid of you.
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading [Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading [Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
From this reading [Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.
a person who shows fear or timidity
From this reading Mr. Anthony is not a coward like the rest of them.
a female human offspring
From this reading [Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.
a town in north central Oklahoma
From this reading ENID.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading [Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I 'm not afraid of you.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Anthony is not a coward like the rest of them.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Mr. Anthony is not a coward like the rest of them.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading I 'm not afraid of you.
a form of address for a man
From this reading [Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I 'm not afraid of you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I 'm not afraid of you.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Mr. Anthony is not a coward like the rest of them.
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
From this reading ROBERTS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Mr. Anthony is not a coward like the rest of them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading [Bowing.] I would not expect the daughter of Mr. Anthony to be afraid.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I 'm not afraid of you.
Chapter 2 of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts by John Galsworthy holds 289 sentences, grouped into 58 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 289 sentences of Strife: A Drama in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
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