Chapter 11 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 11 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
and he suffered it patiently. him to be yielden. Beaumains, and how he told him that his name was Sir Gareth. how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved. to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
Chapter 11 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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past form of “achieve” — to gain with effort
From this reading “how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.”
plural of “battle” — a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.”
inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard
From this reading “to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.”
a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
From this reading “to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.”
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 “how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.”
with patience; in a patient manner
From this reading “and he suffered it patiently.”
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading “and he suffered it patiently.”
variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
From this reading “to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.”
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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 how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.
past form of “achieve” — to gain with effort
From this reading how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading and he suffered it patiently.
plural of “battle” — a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading him to be yielden.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Beaumains, and how he told him that his name was Sir Gareth.
inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard
From this reading to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Beaumains, and how he told him that his name was Sir Gareth.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading and he suffered it patiently.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading him to be yielden.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Beaumains, and how he told him that his name was Sir Gareth.
a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
From this reading to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Beaumains, and how he told him that his name was Sir Gareth.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading and he suffered it patiently.
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 how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Beaumains, and how he told him that his name was Sir Gareth.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
with patience; in a patient manner
From this reading and he suffered it patiently.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.
term of address for a man
From this reading Beaumains, and how he told him that his name was Sir Gareth.
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading and he suffered it patiently.
variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
From this reading to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Beaumains, and how he told him that his name was Sir Gareth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
in or at that place or location
From this reading to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading him to be yielden.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Beaumains, and how he told him that his name was Sir Gareth.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Beaumains, and how he told him that his name was Sir Gareth.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.
in the company of; together with
From this reading to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading him to be yielden.
Chapter 11 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 11 holds 12 sentences of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
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