Chapter 8 of King Edward III is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of King Edward III is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Enter Phillip.] PHILLIP. Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day’s shame! An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements. KING JOHN.
Chapter 8 of King Edward III is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia
From this reading “An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.”
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
past form of “fence” — enclose with a fence
From this reading “An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.”
plural of “flint” — a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading “An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.”
disappointingly unsuccessful
From this reading “An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.”
completely unclothed
From this reading “An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.”
pull or pull out sharply
From this reading “Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day’s shame!”
dependable
From this reading “An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.”
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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 An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day’s shame!
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day’s shame!
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
to come or go into
From this reading [Enter Phillip.]
opinion or judgment
From this reading Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day’s shame!
past form of “fence” — enclose with a fence
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
plural of “flint” — a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
disappointingly unsuccessful
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
an old form of “has”
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading KING JOHN.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading KING JOHN.
the force of workers available
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
completely unclothed
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day’s shame!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day’s shame!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Enter Phillip.]
pull or pull out sharply
From this reading Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day’s shame!
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
powerful
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day’s shame!
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day’s shame!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
dependable
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day’s shame!
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
in the company of; together with
From this reading An arm hath beat an army; one poor David Hath with a stone foiled twenty stout Goliahs; Some twenty naked starvelings with small flints, Hath driven back a puissant host of men, Arrayed and fenced in all accomplements.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Pluck out your eyes, and see not this day’s shame!
Chapter 8 of King Edward III by William [Dubious author] Shakespeare holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 8 holds 180 sentences of King Edward III, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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