Chapter 3 of Julius Caesar is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Julius Caesar is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Luc. The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed. Giues him the Letter. Brut. Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?
Chapter 3 of Julius Caesar is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(of champagne) extremely dry
From this reading “Brut.”
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading “The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.”
a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading “The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.”
a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
From this reading “The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.”
march in a procession
From this reading “Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?”
the next day
From this reading “Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?”
diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation
From this reading “The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.”
diminish gradually
From this reading “The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.”
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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 The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
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From this reading Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
a youthful male person
From this reading Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?
(of champagne) extremely dry
From this reading Brut.
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From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?
a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
set up or found
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?
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From this reading Giues him the Letter.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Giues him the Letter.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Giues him the Letter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Luc.
a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
march in a procession
From this reading Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?
the next day
From this reading Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
term of address for a man
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
diminish gradually
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
at the time that
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Get you to Bed againe, it is not day: Is not to morrow (Boy) the first of March?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure It did not lye there when I went to Bed.
Chapter 3 of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare holds 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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 185 sentences of Julius Caesar, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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