Chapter 5 of The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William — Vol. 2 is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William — Vol. 2 is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FIRST MUSICIAN. Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day. [_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows. They pass one by one and in silence._ FERGUS [_looking after them_]. What are you?
Chapter 5 of The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William — Vol. 2 is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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without civilizing influences
From this reading “[_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.”
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “[_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.”
put on clothes
From this reading “[_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.”
characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being
From this reading “Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.”
someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
From this reading “FIRST MUSICIAN.”
go across or through
From this reading “[_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “They pass one by one and in silence._ FERGUS [_looking after them_].”
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading “[_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.”
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 “They pass one by one and in silence._ FERGUS [_looking after them_].”
In this reading “Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.”
In this reading “Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.”
move past
In this reading “[_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
later than; following
From this reading They pass one by one and in silence._ FERGUS [_looking after them_].
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What are you?
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
without civilizing influences
From this reading [_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading [_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading [_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.
put on clothes
From this reading [_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They pass one by one and in silence._ FERGUS [_looking after them_].
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading FIRST MUSICIAN.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They pass one by one and in silence._ FERGUS [_looking after them_].
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading They pass one by one and in silence._ FERGUS [_looking after them_].
the force of workers available
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
From this reading FIRST MUSICIAN.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They pass one by one and in silence._ FERGUS [_looking after them_].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
go across or through
From this reading [_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading They pass one by one and in silence._ FERGUS [_looking after them_].
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading [_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They pass one by one and in silence._ FERGUS [_looking after them_].
in or at that place or location
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They pass one by one and in silence._ FERGUS [_looking after them_].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What are you?
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading [_Dark-faced MEN with strange barbaric dress and arms pass by the doors and windows.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Look there—there at the window, those dark men, With murderous and outlandish-looking arms— They’ve been about the house all day.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What are you?
Chapter 5 of The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William — Vol. 2 by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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