Chapter 7 of Love's Labour's Lost is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Love's Labour's Lost is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ber. False, we haue giuen thee faces Ped. But you haue out-fac'd them all Ber. And thou wer't a Lion, we would do so Boy. Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
Chapter 7 of Love's Labour's Lost is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a farewell remark
From this reading “Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “And thou wer't a Lion, we would do so Boy.”
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “False, we haue giuen thee faces Ped.”
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading “False, we haue giuen thee faces Ped.”
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading “And thou wer't a Lion, we would do so Boy.”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “False, we haue giuen thee faces Ped.”
for that reason; as a result
From this reading “Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.”
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 And thou wer't a Lion, we would do so Boy.
a farewell remark
From this reading Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading But you haue out-fac'd them all Ber.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And thou wer't a Lion, we would do so Boy.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ber.
a youthful male person
From this reading And thou wer't a Lion, we would do so Boy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But you haue out-fac'd them all Ber.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading And thou wer't a Lion, we would do so Boy.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading False, we haue giuen thee faces Ped.
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading False, we haue giuen thee faces Ped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading False, we haue giuen thee faces Ped.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading False, we haue giuen thee faces Ped.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading And thou wer't a Lion, we would do so Boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But you haue out-fac'd them all Ber.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading False, we haue giuen thee faces Ped.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And thou wer't a Lion, we would do so Boy.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading False, we haue giuen thee faces Ped.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But you haue out-fac'd them all Ber.
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: And so adieu sweet Iude.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading And thou wer't a Lion, we would do so Boy.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading False, we haue giuen thee faces Ped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And thou wer't a Lion, we would do so Boy.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And thou wer't a Lion, we would do so Boy.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But you haue out-fac'd them all Ber.
Chapter 7 of Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 7 holds 180 sentences of Love's Labour's Lost, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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