Chapter 5 of Love's Labour's Lost is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Love's Labour's Lost is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Dum. As faire as day Ber. I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine Dum. O that I had my wish? Lon.
Chapter 5 of Love's Labour's Lost is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “As faire as day Ber.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine Dum.”
be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading “I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine Dum.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “O that I had my wish?”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As faire as day Ber.
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From this reading As faire as day Ber.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine Dum.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine Dum.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading As faire as day Ber.
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From this reading Dum.
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From this reading As faire as day Ber.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading O that I had my wish?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine Dum.
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From this reading Lon.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine Dum.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading O that I had my wish?
not any; not one
From this reading I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine Dum.
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 that I had my wish?
be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine Dum.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine Dum.
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From this reading I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine Dum.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading O that I had my wish?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine Dum.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading O that I had my wish?
Chapter 5 of Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare holds 211 sentences, grouped into 43 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 5 holds 211 sentences of Love's Labour's Lost, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 211 sentences, grouped into 43 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.
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