Chapter 19 of The Actress in High Life An Episode is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Actress in High Life An Episode is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Don Pedro_.--By this light he changes more and more. I think he be angry, indeed. _Claudio_.--If he be, he knows how to turn his girdle. _Benedict_.--Shall I speak a word in your ear? _Claudio_.--God bless me from a challenge.
Chapter 19 of The Actress in High Life An Episode is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading “I think he be angry, indeed.”
United States anthropologist (1887-1948)
give a benediction to
From this reading “_Claudio_.--God bless me from a challenge.”
take exception to
From this reading “_Claudio_.--God bless me from a challenge.”
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading “_Don Pedro_.--By this light he changes more and more.”
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “_Benedict_.--Shall I speak a word in your ear?”
an encircling or ringlike structure
From this reading “_Claudio_.--If he be, he knows how to turn his girdle.”
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 _Benedict_.--Shall I speak a word in your ear?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Don Pedro_.--By this light he changes more and more.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading I think he be angry, indeed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I think he be angry, indeed.
United States anthropologist (1887-1948)
From this reading _Benedict_.--Shall I speak a word in your ear?
give a benediction to
From this reading _Claudio_.--God bless me from a challenge.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Don Pedro_.--By this light he changes more and more.
take exception to
From this reading _Claudio_.--God bless me from a challenge.
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading _Don Pedro_.--By this light he changes more and more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Claudio_.--If he be, he knows how to turn his girdle.
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading _Don Pedro_.--By this light he changes more and more.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading _Benedict_.--Shall I speak a word in your ear?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Claudio_.--God bless me from a challenge.
an encircling or ringlike structure
From this reading _Claudio_.--If he be, he knows how to turn his girdle.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading _Claudio_.--God bless me from a challenge.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Don Pedro_.--By this light he changes more and more.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Claudio_.--If he be, he knows how to turn his girdle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Claudio_.--If he be, he knows how to turn his girdle.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think he be angry, indeed.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading _Claudio_.--If he be, he knows how to turn his girdle.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Benedict_.--Shall I speak a word in your ear?
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading I think he be angry, indeed.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading _Claudio_.--If he be, he knows how to turn his girdle.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading _Don Pedro_.--By this light he changes more and more.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Claudio_.--God bless me from a challenge.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading _Don Pedro_.--By this light he changes more and more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Don Pedro_.--By this light he changes more and more.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading _Benedict_.--Shall I speak a word in your ear?
express in speech
From this reading _Benedict_.--Shall I speak a word in your ear?
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think he be angry, indeed.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Don Pedro_.--By this light he changes more and more.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Claudio_.--If he be, he knows how to turn his girdle.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading _Claudio_.--If he be, he knows how to turn his girdle.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading _Benedict_.--Shall I speak a word in your ear?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Benedict_.--Shall I speak a word in your ear?
Chapter 19 of The Actress in High Life An Episode by Sue Petigru Bowen holds 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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 19 holds 179 sentences of The Actress in High Life An Episode, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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