Chapter 2 of The Honeymoon: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Honeymoon: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CEDRIC. You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend. And so you've come to England? GASTON. My father says, Go to England.
Chapter 2 of The Honeymoon: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “And so you've come to England?”
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading “And so you've come to England?”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “My father says, Go to England.”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.”
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “My father says, Go to England.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.”
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In this reading “You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And so you've come to England?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.
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From this reading CEDRIC.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And so you've come to England?
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading And so you've come to England?
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading My father says, Go to England.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GASTON.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading My father says, Go to England.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading My father says, Go to England.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And so you've come to England?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And so you've come to England?
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And so you've come to England?
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading You mustn't be too hard on yourself, my friend.
Chapter 2 of The Honeymoon: A Comedy in Three Acts by Arnold Bennett holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 443 sentences of The Honeymoon: A Comedy in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Honeymoon: A Comedy in Three Acts by Arnold Bennett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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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