Chapter 9 of King Lear is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of King Lear is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Glou. Too well, too well Edg. This is aboue all strangenesse, Vpon the crowne o'th' Cliffe. What thing was that Which parted from you? Glou.
Chapter 9 of King Lear is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
From this reading “What thing was that Which parted from you?”
a special situation
From this reading “What thing was that Which parted from you?”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Too well, too well Edg.”
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From this reading This is aboue all strangenesse, Vpon the crowne o'th' Cliffe.
(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 This is aboue all strangenesse, Vpon the crowne o'th' Cliffe.
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From this reading This is aboue all strangenesse, Vpon the crowne o'th' Cliffe.
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From this reading This is aboue all strangenesse, Vpon the crowne o'th' Cliffe.
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From this reading Too well, too well Edg.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading What thing was that Which parted from you?
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From this reading Glou.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is aboue all strangenesse, Vpon the crowne o'th' Cliffe.
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From this reading This is aboue all strangenesse, Vpon the crowne o'th' Cliffe.
having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
From this reading What thing was that Which parted from you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This is aboue all strangenesse, Vpon the crowne o'th' Cliffe.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What thing was that Which parted from you?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This is aboue all strangenesse, Vpon the crowne o'th' Cliffe.
a special situation
From this reading What thing was that Which parted from you?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is aboue all strangenesse, Vpon the crowne o'th' Cliffe.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Too well, too well Edg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This is aboue all strangenesse, Vpon the crowne o'th' Cliffe.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What thing was that Which parted from you?
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Too well, too well Edg.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What thing was that Which parted from you?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading What thing was that Which parted from you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What thing was that Which parted from you?
Chapter 9 of King Lear by William Shakespeare holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 9 holds 180 sentences of King Lear, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of King Lear by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
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About 162 minutes of reading across 391 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in King Lear, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
