Chapter 2 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
how he saw the questing beast. Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur. treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged. this land of Arthur, and how Arthur fought with a knight. on King Pellinore and made him to sleep.
Chapter 2 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading “Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur.”
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “how he saw the questing beast.”
wanted intensely
From this reading “treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.”
inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “this land of Arthur, and how Arthur fought with a knight.”
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading “treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.”
(Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor
From this reading “Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “on King Pellinore and made him to sleep.”
a crime that undermines the offender's government
From this reading “treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur.
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading how he saw the questing beast.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.
wanted intensely
From this reading treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.
inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading this land of Arthur, and how Arthur fought with a knight.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading how he saw the questing beast.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading on King Pellinore and made him to sleep.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading how he saw the questing beast.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading on King Pellinore and made him to sleep.
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading this land of Arthur, and how Arthur fought with a knight.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading on King Pellinore and made him to sleep.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.
(Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor
From this reading Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading on King Pellinore and made him to sleep.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading on King Pellinore and made him to sleep.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading how he saw the questing beast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.
cut with a saw
From this reading how he saw the questing beast.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading on King Pellinore and made him to sleep.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading how he saw the questing beast.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading this land of Arthur, and how Arthur fought with a knight.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.
a crime that undermines the offender's government
From this reading treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur.
Chapter 2 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Thomas, Sir, -1471 Malory holds 12 sentences, grouped into 3 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 2 holds 12 sentences of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
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