Chapter 1 of Pericles, Prince of Tyre is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Pericles, Prince of Tyre is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ACT I Chorus. Before the palace of Antioch Scene I. Antioch. A room in the palace Scene II. Tyre. A room in the palace Scene III.
Chapter 1 of Pericles, Prince of Tyre is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “ACT I Chorus.”
a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity
From this reading “Before the palace of Antioch Scene I. Antioch.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Before the palace of Antioch Scene I. Antioch.”
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading “ACT I Chorus.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “Before the palace of Antioch Scene I. Antioch.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “A room in the palace Scene II.”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “Before the palace of Antioch Scene I. Antioch.”
a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
From this reading “Tyre.”
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 A room in the palace Scene II.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading ACT I Chorus.
a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity
From this reading Before the palace of Antioch Scene I. Antioch.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before the palace of Antioch Scene I. Antioch.
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading ACT I Chorus.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ACT I Chorus.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading A room in the palace Scene II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading A room in the palace Scene III.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A room in the palace Scene II.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Before the palace of Antioch Scene I. Antioch.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading Before the palace of Antioch Scene I. Antioch.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading A room in the palace Scene II.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading Before the palace of Antioch Scene I. Antioch.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Before the palace of Antioch Scene I. Antioch.
a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
From this reading Tyre.
Chapter 1 of Pericles, Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare holds 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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 1 holds 202 sentences of Pericles, Prince of Tyre, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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