Chapter 6 of Romeo and Juliet is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Romeo and Juliet is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mer. By my heele I care not Tyb. Follow me close, for I will speake to them. Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer. And but one word with one of vs? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow Tib.
Chapter 6 of Romeo and Juliet is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exhale hard
From this reading “And but one word with one of vs? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow Tib.”
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “By my heele I care not Tyb.”
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading “Follow me close, for I will speake to them.”
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading “And but one word with one of vs? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow Tib.”
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading “Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer.”
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “Follow me close, for I will speake to them.”
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading “Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer.”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer.”
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 Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And but one word with one of vs? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow Tib.
exhale hard
From this reading And but one word with one of vs? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow Tib.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And but one word with one of vs? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow Tib.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By my heele I care not Tyb.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading By my heele I care not Tyb.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Follow me close, for I will speake to them.
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading And but one word with one of vs? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow Tib.
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Follow me close, for I will speake to them.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Follow me close, for I will speake to them.
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading By my heele I care not Tyb.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading By my heele I care not Tyb.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And but one word with one of vs? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow Tib.
engage in
From this reading And but one word with one of vs? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow Tib.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Follow me close, for I will speake to them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mer.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading By my heele I care not Tyb.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading By my heele I care not Tyb.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading And but one word with one of vs? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow Tib.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Follow me close, for I will speake to them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Follow me close, for I will speake to them.
a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
From this reading And but one word with one of vs? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow Tib.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Follow me close, for I will speake to them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading By my heele I care not Tyb.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And but one word with one of vs? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow Tib.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Follow me close, for I will speake to them.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you Mer.
Chapter 6 of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare holds 177 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 6 holds 177 sentences of Romeo and Juliet, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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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