Chapter 2 of The Geste of Duke Jocelyn is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Geste of Duke Jocelyn is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What is love? Ah, who shall say? Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away. Love, I do defy thee! “What is love?
Chapter 2 of The Geste of Duke Jocelyn is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 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.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.”
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.”
resist or confront with resistance
From this reading “Love, I do defy thee!”
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.”
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
From this reading “Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading ““What is love?”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Love, I do defy thee!”
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading “Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.”
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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 Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.
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From this reading Ah, who shall say?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.
resist or confront with resistance
From this reading Love, I do defy thee!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Love, I do defy thee!
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Love, I do defy thee!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is love?
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
From this reading Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “What is love?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.
express in words
From this reading Ah, who shall say?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Ah, who shall say?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Love, I do defy thee!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What is love?
which person or people
From this reading Ah, who shall say?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading Flower to languish in a day, Bird on wing that will away.
Chapter 2 of The Geste of Duke Jocelyn by Jeffery Farnol holds 439 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 2 holds 439 sentences of The Geste of Duke Jocelyn, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Geste of Duke Jocelyn by Jeffery Farnol exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 439 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.
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