Chapter 2 of Fair Em is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Fair Em is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
An Ante-Chamber at the Danish Court. [Enter Marques Lubeck and Mariana.] MARIANA. Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt. LUBECK.
Chapter 2 of Fair Em is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading “An Ante-Chamber at the Danish Court.”
a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark
From this reading “An Ante-Chamber at the Danish Court.”
to come or go into
From this reading “[Enter Marques Lubeck and Mariana.]”
be the source of pain
From this reading “Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.”
a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League
From this reading “[Enter Marques Lubeck and Mariana.]”
plural of “marque” — a name given to a product or service
From this reading “[Enter Marques Lubeck and Mariana.]”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.”
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading “Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An Ante-Chamber at the Danish Court.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Enter Marques Lubeck and Mariana.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An Ante-Chamber at the Danish Court.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading An Ante-Chamber at the Danish Court.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading An Ante-Chamber at the Danish Court.
a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark
From this reading An Ante-Chamber at the Danish Court.
to come or go into
From this reading [Enter Marques Lubeck and Mariana.]
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.
be the source of pain
From this reading Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.
a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League
From this reading [Enter Marques Lubeck and Mariana.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Enter Marques Lubeck and Mariana.]
plural of “marque” — a name given to a product or service
From this reading [Enter Marques Lubeck and Mariana.]
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An Ante-Chamber at the Danish Court.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Trust me, my Lord, I am sorry for your hurt.
Chapter 2 of Fair Em by William [Dubious author] Shakespeare holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 437 sentences of Fair Em, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Fair Em by William [Dubious author] Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 107 minutes of reading across 259 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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