Chapter 10 of King Lear is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of King Lear is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Cor. O you kind Gods! Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent. So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long? Cor.
Chapter 10 of King Lear is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used improperly or excessively especially drugs
From this reading “Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.”
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
From this reading “Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.”
provide a cure for, make healthy again
From this reading “Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.”
informal abbreviation of “gentleman”
From this reading “Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.”
plural of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “O you kind Gods!”
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading “Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.”
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading “So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?”
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used improperly or excessively especially drugs
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
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From this reading Cor.
provide a cure for, make healthy again
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
informal abbreviation of “gentleman”
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
plural of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading O you kind Gods!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
an old form of “has”
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading O you kind Gods!
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
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From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O you kind Gods!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, Th' vntun'd and iarring senses, O winde vp, Of this childe-changed Father Gent.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O you kind Gods!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So please your Maiesty, That we may wake the King, he hath slept long?
Chapter 10 of King Lear by William Shakespeare holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 10 holds 172 sentences of King Lear, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of King Lear by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 162 minutes of reading across 391 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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