Chapter 5 of Hand and Ring is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Hand and Ring is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. GRYCE. What you have spoke, it may be so, perchance. This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest. --MACBETH.
Chapter 5 of Hand and Ring is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “blister” — a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
From this reading “This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.”
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading “This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.”
king of Scotland (died in 1057)
From this reading “--MACBETH.”
through chance
From this reading “What you have spoke, it may be so, perchance.”
the underside of footwear or a golf club
From this reading “This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “What you have spoke, it may be so, perchance.”
plural of “tongue” — a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading “This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.”
a cruel and oppressive dictator
From this reading “This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What you have spoke, it may be so, perchance.
plural of “blister” — a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
From this reading This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
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From this reading GRYCE.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What you have spoke, it may be so, perchance.
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What you have spoke, it may be so, perchance.
king of Scotland (died in 1057)
From this reading --MACBETH.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading What you have spoke, it may be so, perchance.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
on one occasion
From this reading This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
through chance
From this reading What you have spoke, it may be so, perchance.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading What you have spoke, it may be so, perchance.
the underside of footwear or a golf club
From this reading This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading What you have spoke, it may be so, perchance.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
plural of “tongue” — a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
a cruel and oppressive dictator
From this reading This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What you have spoke, it may be so, perchance.
belonging to which person
From this reading This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What you have spoke, it may be so, perchance.
Chapter 5 of Hand and Ring by Anna Katharine Green holds 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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 5 holds 149 sentences of Hand and Ring, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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