Chapter 2 of The White Devil is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The White Devil is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran. Have you not seen your husband since you arrived? Isab. Not yet, sir. Fran.
Chapter 2 of The White Devil is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.”
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “Have you not seen your husband since you arrived?”
(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
From this reading “ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.”
to come or go into
From this reading “ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “Have you not seen your husband since you arrived?”
the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)
From this reading “ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.”
secure in or as if in a berth or dock
From this reading “ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.”
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perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Have you not seen your husband since you arrived?
(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
to come or go into
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
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From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
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From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
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From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you not seen your husband since you arrived?
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Have you not seen your husband since you arrived?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
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From this reading Isab.
the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
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From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
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From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
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From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
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From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
secure in or as if in a berth or dock
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Have you not seen your husband since you arrived?
the place where some action occurs
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Have you not seen your husband since you arrived?
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Have you not seen your husband since you arrived?
term of address for a man
From this reading Not yet, sir.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
but in spite of that
From this reading Not yet, sir.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you not seen your husband since you arrived?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading ACT II SCENE I Enter Francisco de Medicis, Cardinal Monticelso, Marcello, Isabella, young Giovanni, with little Jacques the Moor Fran.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you not seen your husband since you arrived?
Chapter 2 of The White Devil by John Webster holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 395 sentences of The White Devil, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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