Chapter 3 of Coriolanus is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Coriolanus is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mar. Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours. Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends. Come, blow thy blast. They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
Chapter 3 of Coriolanus is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make a strident sound
From this reading “Come, blow thy blast.”
past form of “field” — catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
From this reading “Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.”
make imperfect
From this reading “Mar.”
a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
From this reading “Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.”
a negotiation between enemies
From this reading “They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.”
plural of “senator” — a member of a senate
From this reading “They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.”
plural of “sword” — a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading “Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.”
third-person singular of “wall” — surround with a wall in order to fortify
From this reading “They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.”
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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 They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
make a strident sound
From this reading Come, blow thy blast.
exhale hard
From this reading Come, blow thy blast.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come, blow thy blast.
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From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
to come or go into
From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
past form of “field” — catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
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From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.
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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
for this reason
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
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From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.
engage in
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
make imperfect
From this reading Mar.
march in a procession
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
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From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.
a negotiation between enemies
From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
plural of “senator” — a member of a senate
From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.
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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
plural of “sword” — a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Come, blow thy blast.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
third-person singular of “wall” — surround with a wall in order to fortify
From this reading They Sound a Parley: Enter two Senators with others on the Walles of Corialus.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Then shall we heare their Larum, & they Ours.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
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From this reading Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, That we with smoaking swords may march from hence To helpe our fielded Friends.
Chapter 3 of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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 3 holds 178 sentences of Coriolanus, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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.
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