Chapter 5 of Pericles, Prince of Tyre is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Pericles, Prince of Tyre is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CERIMON. Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night. SERVANT. I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured. CERIMON.
Chapter 5 of Pericles, Prince of Tyre is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “endure” — put up with something or somebody unpleasant
From this reading “I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading “Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.”
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading “Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading “SERVANT.”
(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
From this reading “Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.”
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
From this reading “Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.”
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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 Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CERIMON.
past form of “endure” — put up with something or somebody unpleasant
From this reading I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
the force of workers available
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading SERVANT.
(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.
up to a particular time
From this reading I have been in many; but such a night as this, Till now, I ne’er endured.
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
From this reading Get fire and meat for these poor men: ’T has been a turbulent and stormy night.
Chapter 5 of Pericles, Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare holds 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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 219 sentences of Pericles, Prince of Tyre, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
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