Chapter 5 of King Lear is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of King Lear is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Kent here set at liberty. Reg. I am glad to see your Highnesse Lear. Regan, I thinke you are. I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
Chapter 5 of King Lear is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “I am glad to see your Highnesse Lear.”
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading “Kent here set at liberty.”
British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
From this reading “I am glad to see your Highnesse Lear.”
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading “Kent here set at liberty.”
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading “I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Kent here set at liberty.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.”
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From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am glad to see your Highnesse Lear.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Regan, I thinke you are.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Kent here set at liberty.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
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From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading I am glad to see your Highnesse Lear.
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From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Kent here set at liberty.
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From this reading I am glad to see your Highnesse Lear.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am glad to see your Highnesse Lear.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading Kent here set at liberty.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
From this reading I am glad to see your Highnesse Lear.
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading Kent here set at liberty.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
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From this reading Reg.
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From this reading Regan, I thinke you are.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I am glad to see your Highnesse Lear.
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From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Kent here set at liberty.
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From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Regan, I thinke you are.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am glad to see your Highnesse Lear.
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From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I know what reason I haue to thinke so, if thou should'st not be glad, I would diuorce me from thy Mother Tombe, Sepulchring an Adultresse.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Regan, I thinke you are.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I am glad to see your Highnesse Lear.
Chapter 5 of King Lear by William Shakespeare holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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 5 holds 189 sentences of King Lear, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of King Lear by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 38 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 5 can be played aloud in United States English.
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