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Chapter 3 of A Midsummer Night's Dream is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Lys. Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her. With halfe that wish, the wishers eyes be prest. Enter Pucke. They sleepe.
Chapter 3 of A Midsummer Night's Dream is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
From this reading “Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.”
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.”
to come or go into
From this reading “Enter Pucke.”
the quality of being loyal
From this reading “Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.”
the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading “Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.”
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading “Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “With halfe that wish, the wishers eyes be prest.”
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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 Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading With halfe that wish, the wishers eyes be prest.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
to come or go into
From this reading Enter Pucke.
opinion or judgment
From this reading With halfe that wish, the wishers eyes be prest.
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From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
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From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
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From this reading With halfe that wish, the wishers eyes be prest.
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From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
the quality of being loyal
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lys.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With halfe that wish, the wishers eyes be prest.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Enter Pucke.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
express in words
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With halfe that wish, the wishers eyes be prest.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They sleepe.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
at the time that
From this reading Amen, amen, to that faire prayer, say I, And then end life, when I end loyalty: Heere is my bed, sleepe giue thee all his rest Her.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading With halfe that wish, the wishers eyes be prest.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With halfe that wish, the wishers eyes be prest.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With halfe that wish, the wishers eyes be prest.
Chapter 3 of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare holds 192 sentences, grouped into 39 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 3 holds 192 sentences of A Midsummer Night's Dream, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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