Chapter 12 of Becket and other plays is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Becket and other plays is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LADY GIOVANNA. Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon. COUNT. How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed. LADY GIOVANNA (_sinks in chair_).
Chapter 12 of Becket and other plays is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.”
call forth
From this reading “How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.”
determine the number or amount of
From this reading “COUNT.”
diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
From this reading “Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon.”
unflinching in battle or action
From this reading “How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.”
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading “How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.”
plural of “sink” — plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
a youthful male person
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
call forth
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading LADY GIOVANNA (_sinks in chair_).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
determine the number or amount of
From this reading COUNT.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
From this reading Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon.
unflinching in battle or action
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LADY GIOVANNA.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LADY GIOVANNA (_sinks in chair_).
a polite name for any woman
From this reading LADY GIOVANNA.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon.
impressive in appearance
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon.
on one occasion
From this reading Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon.
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
plural of “sink” — plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
From this reading LADY GIOVANNA (_sinks in chair_).
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading How charm'd he was! what wonder?--A gallant boy, A noble bird, each perfect of the breed.
an affirmative
From this reading Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh yes, and once you let him fly your falcon.
Chapter 12 of Becket and other plays by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 12 holds 426 sentences of Becket and other plays, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Becket and other plays by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 426 sentences, grouped into 86 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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