Chapter 7 of Othello is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Othello is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Aemil. Is not this man iealious? Des. I neu'r saw this before. Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
Chapter 7 of Othello is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “I neu'r saw this before.”
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
From this reading “Des.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Is not this man iealious?”
cut with a saw
From this reading “I neu'r saw this before.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.”
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From this reading Aemil.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I neu'r saw this before.
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
From this reading Des.
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From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I neu'r saw this before.
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From this reading Is not this man iealious?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is not this man iealious?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
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From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Is not this man iealious?
used to form the superlative
From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
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From this reading I neu'r saw this before.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Is not this man iealious?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
cut with a saw
From this reading I neu'r saw this before.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
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From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Is not this man iealious?
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From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading Sure, there's some wonder in this Handkerchiefe, I am most vnhappy in the losse of it.
Chapter 7 of Othello by William Shakespeare holds 208 sentences, grouped into 42 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 208 sentences of Othello, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Othello by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 208 sentences, grouped into 42 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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