Chapter 2 of The Jew of Malta is here in full — 258 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Jew of Malta is here in full — 258 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS. THREE JEWS. O my lord, we will give half! BARABAS. O earth-mettled villains, and no Hebrews born!
Chapter 2 of The Jew of Malta is here in full — 258 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.”
third-person singular of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict
From this reading “OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.”
the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
From this reading “O earth-mettled villains, and no Hebrews born!”
plural of “jew” — a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
From this reading “THREE JEWS.”
the item at the end
From this reading “OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.”
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading “OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.”
plural of “read” — something that is read
From this reading “OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.”
plural of “villain” — a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading “O earth-mettled villains, and no Hebrews born!”
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.
(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 OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O earth-mettled villains, and no Hebrews born!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BARABAS.
brought into existence
From this reading O earth-mettled villains, and no Hebrews born!
third-person singular of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict
From this reading OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O earth-mettled villains, and no Hebrews born!
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading O my lord, we will give half!
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading O my lord, we will give half!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.
the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
From this reading O earth-mettled villains, and no Hebrews born!
plural of “jew” — a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
From this reading THREE JEWS.
the item at the end
From this reading OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading O my lord, we will give half!
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading O my lord, we will give half!
not any; not one
From this reading O earth-mettled villains, and no Hebrews born!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O my lord, we will give half!
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.
plural of “read” — something that is read
From this reading OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading OFFICER. [reads] LASTLY, HE THAT DENIES THIS, SHALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ALL HE HAS.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading THREE JEWS.
plural of “villain” — a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading O earth-mettled villains, and no Hebrews born!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading O my lord, we will give half!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading O my lord, we will give half!
Chapter 2 of The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe holds 258 sentences, grouped into 52 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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