Chapter 1 of King Henry VI, Part 2 is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of King Henry VI, Part 2 is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus. Scoena Prima. Flourish of Trumpets: Then Hoboyes. Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beauford on the one side. The Queene, Suffolke, Yorke, Somerset, and Buckingham, on the other.
Chapter 1 of King Henry VI, Part 2 is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading “The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.”
grow vigorously
From this reading “Flourish of Trumpets: Then Hoboyes.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.”
used primarily as eating apples
From this reading “Scoena Prima.”
the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland
From this reading “The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.”
the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe
From this reading “Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beauford on the one side.”
a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel
From this reading “The Queene, Suffolke, Yorke, Somerset, and Buckingham, on the other.”
pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
From this reading “Flourish of Trumpets: Then Hoboyes.”
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From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beauford on the one side.
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From this reading Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beauford on the one side.
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From this reading The Queene, Suffolke, Yorke, Somerset, and Buckingham, on the other.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
to come or go into
From this reading Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beauford on the one side.
grow vigorously
From this reading Flourish of Trumpets: Then Hoboyes.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
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From this reading Flourish of Trumpets: Then Hoboyes.
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From this reading Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beauford on the one side.
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From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beauford on the one side.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beauford on the one side.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beauford on the one side.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The Queene, Suffolke, Yorke, Somerset, and Buckingham, on the other.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
used primarily as eating apples
From this reading Scoena Prima.
the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland
From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
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From this reading The Queene, Suffolke, Yorke, Somerset, and Buckingham, on the other.
the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe
From this reading Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beauford on the one side.
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From this reading Scoena Prima.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beauford on the one side.
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From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel
From this reading The Queene, Suffolke, Yorke, Somerset, and Buckingham, on the other.
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From this reading The Queene, Suffolke, Yorke, Somerset, and Buckingham, on the other.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Flourish of Trumpets: Then Hoboyes.
pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
From this reading Flourish of Trumpets: Then Hoboyes.
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From this reading Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beauford on the one side.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Good Duke Hvmfrey Actus Primus.
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From this reading The Queene, Suffolke, Yorke, Somerset, and Buckingham, on the other.
Chapter 1 of King Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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 1 holds 133 sentences of King Henry VI, Part 2, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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