Chapter 15 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2 is here in full — 13 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2 is here in full — 13 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters. of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again. and of the sorrow that Launcelot made. enpoisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen. was no knight would fight for her at the first time.
Chapter 15 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2 is here in full — 13 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters.”
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading “of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again.”
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “was no knight would fight for her at the first time.”
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 “was no knight would fight for her at the first time.”
set down according to a plan
From this reading “enpoisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen.”
plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters.”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “enpoisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen.”
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading “and of the sorrow that Launcelot made.”
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anew
From this reading of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading was no knight would fight for her at the first time.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading enpoisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading was no knight would fight for her at the first time.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading was no knight would fight for her at the first time.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading was no knight would fight for her at the first time.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading was no knight would fight for her at the first time.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters.
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 was no knight would fight for her at the first time.
set down according to a plan
From this reading enpoisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading and of the sorrow that Launcelot made.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading enpoisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen.
plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern
From this reading was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters.
not any; not one
From this reading was no knight would fight for her at the first time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading enpoisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading enpoisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again.
term of address for a man
From this reading enpoisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen.
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading and of the sorrow that Launcelot made.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading and of the sorrow that Launcelot made.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading was no knight would fight for her at the first time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading enpoisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading was no knight would fight for her at the first time.
Chapter 15 of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Thomas, Sir, -1471 Malory holds 13 sentences, grouped into 3 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 15 holds 13 sentences of Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
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