Chapter 2 of The Angel and the Author, and Others is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Angel and the Author, and Others is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Philosophy and the Daemon. Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles. The truest philosopher I ever heard of was a woman. She was brought into the London Hospital suffering from a poisoned leg. The house surgeon made a hurried examination.
Chapter 2 of The Angel and the Author, and Others is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an evil supernatural being
From this reading “Philosophy and the Daemon.”
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
From this reading “The house surgeon made a hurried examination.”
possessive form of “people” — (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles.”
a specialist in philosophy
From this reading “The truest philosopher I ever heard of was a woman.”
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading “Philosophy and the Daemon.”
past form of “poison” — spoil as if by poison
From this reading “She was brought into the London Hospital suffering from a poisoned leg.”
a physician who specializes in surgery
From this reading “The house surgeon made a hurried examination.”
superlative of “true” — consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “The truest philosopher I ever heard of was a woman.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 The truest philosopher I ever heard of was a woman.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Philosophy and the Daemon.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles.
relevant relation or interconnection
From this reading Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading She was brought into the London Hospital suffering from a poisoned leg.
an evil supernatural being
From this reading Philosophy and the Daemon.
at any time
From this reading The truest philosopher I ever heard of was a woman.
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
From this reading The house surgeon made a hurried examination.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was brought into the London Hospital suffering from a poisoned leg.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading The truest philosopher I ever heard of was a woman.
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading She was brought into the London Hospital suffering from a poisoned leg.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The house surgeon made a hurried examination.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading The house surgeon made a hurried examination.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The truest philosopher I ever heard of was a woman.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She was brought into the London Hospital suffering from a poisoned leg.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles.
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading She was brought into the London Hospital suffering from a poisoned leg.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading She was brought into the London Hospital suffering from a poisoned leg.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The house surgeon made a hurried examination.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles.
possessive form of “people” — (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles.
a specialist in philosophy
From this reading The truest philosopher I ever heard of was a woman.
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading Philosophy and the Daemon.
past form of “poison” — spoil as if by poison
From this reading She was brought into the London Hospital suffering from a poisoned leg.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was brought into the London Hospital suffering from a poisoned leg.
a state of acute pain
From this reading She was brought into the London Hospital suffering from a poisoned leg.
a physician who specializes in surgery
From this reading The house surgeon made a hurried examination.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Philosophy and the Daemon.
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading Philosophy, it has been said, is the art of bearing other people's troubles.
superlative of “true” — consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading The truest philosopher I ever heard of was a woman.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The truest philosopher I ever heard of was a woman.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The truest philosopher I ever heard of was a woman.
Chapter 2 of The Angel and the Author, and Others by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome holds 156 sentences, grouped into 32 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.
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