Chapter 2 of Timon of Athens is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Timon of Athens is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mer. No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim. Looke who comes heere, will you be chid? Iewel. Wee'l beare with your Lordship Mer.
Chapter 2 of Timon of Athens is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “Looke who comes heere, will you be chid?”
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading “No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.”
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading “Wee'l beare with your Lordship Mer.”
the force of workers available
From this reading “No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.”
third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech
From this reading “No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.”
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(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 No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Looke who comes heere, will you be chid?
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From this reading Wee'l beare with your Lordship Mer.
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From this reading Looke who comes heere, will you be chid?
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Looke who comes heere, will you be chid?
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
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From this reading Looke who comes heere, will you be chid?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
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From this reading Iewel.
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From this reading Looke who comes heere, will you be chid?
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading Wee'l beare with your Lordship Mer.
the force of workers available
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
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From this reading Mer.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
not any; not one
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
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From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wee'l beare with your Lordship Mer.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
which person or people
From this reading Looke who comes heere, will you be chid?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Looke who comes heere, will you be chid?
in the company of; together with
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading No my good Lord, he speakes y common toong Which all men speake with him Tim.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Looke who comes heere, will you be chid?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Wee'l beare with your Lordship Mer.
Chapter 2 of Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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.
Chapter 2 holds 172 sentences of Timon of Athens, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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