Chapter 4 of Zina: the Slave Girl: A Drama in Four Acts is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Zina: the Slave Girl: A Drama in Four Acts is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HALCOM. Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards. HOOD. Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself. HALCOM.
Chapter 4 of Zina: the Slave Girl: A Drama in Four Acts is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
From this reading “Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.”
past form of “barter” — exchange goods without involving money
From this reading “Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.”
affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity
From this reading “Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.”
applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
From this reading “Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself.”
suffering shame
From this reading “Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.”
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading “Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself.”
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading “HOOD.”
a condition of great disorder
From this reading “Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
past form of “barter” — exchange goods without involving money
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
From this reading Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself.
suffering shame
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself.
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself.
coins made of gold
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HALCOM.
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading HOOD.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself.
a condition of great disorder
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself.
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
belonging to which person
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading Whose sword is dishonored with blighted virtue and broken hearts, bartered for gold in the shambles of the auction yards.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Keep your foul tongue civil, or I may forget myself.
Chapter 4 of Zina: the Slave Girl: A Drama in Four Acts by A. (Augustin) Thompson holds 437 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 4 holds 437 sentences of Zina: the Slave Girl: A Drama in Four Acts, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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