Chapter 3 of Love's Labour's Lost is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Love's Labour's Lost is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Brag. Ha, ha, What saiest thou? Boy. Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag. The way is but short, away Boy.
Chapter 3 of Love's Labour's Lost is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a youthful male person
From this reading “Boy.”
show off
From this reading “Brag.”
past form of “gate” — supply with a gate
From this reading “Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.”
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.”
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading “The way is but short, away Boy.”
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading “Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Ha, ha, What saiest thou?”
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From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The way is but short, away Boy.
a youthful male person
From this reading Boy.
show off
From this reading Brag.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
past form of “gate” — supply with a gate
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading Ha, ha, What saiest thou?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ha, ha, What saiest thou?
cause to go somewhere
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading The way is but short, away Boy.
term of address for a man
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Ha, ha, What saiest thou?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The way is but short, away Boy.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Ha, ha, What saiest thou?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse for he is verie slow gated: but I goe Brag.
Chapter 3 of Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare holds 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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 3 holds 204 sentences of Love's Labour's Lost, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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