Chapter 34 of Shakespeare's First Folio is here in full — 1516 sentences across 304 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of Shakespeare's First Folio is here in full — 1516 sentences across 304 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ham. The point envenom'd too, Then venome to thy worke. Hurts the King. All. Treason, Treason King.
Chapter 34 of Shakespeare's First Folio is here in full — 1516 sentences across 304 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/303 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading “Ham.”
plural of “hurt” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “Hurts the King.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “Hurts the King.”
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading “The point envenom'd too, Then venome to thy worke.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “The point envenom'd too, Then venome to thy worke.”
a crime that undermines the offender's government
From this reading “Treason, Treason King.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 All.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The point envenom'd too, Then venome to thy worke.
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading Ham.
plural of “hurt” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading Hurts the King.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Hurts the King.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading The point envenom'd too, Then venome to thy worke.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The point envenom'd too, Then venome to thy worke.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The point envenom'd too, Then venome to thy worke.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading The point envenom'd too, Then venome to thy worke.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The point envenom'd too, Then venome to thy worke.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The point envenom'd too, Then venome to thy worke.
a crime that undermines the offender's government
From this reading Treason, Treason King.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The point envenom'd too, Then venome to thy worke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The point envenom'd too, Then venome to thy worke.
Chapter 34 of Shakespeare's First Folio by William Shakespeare holds 1516 sentences, grouped into 304 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 34 holds 1516 sentences of Shakespeare's First Folio, unabridged, divided into 304 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 34 of Shakespeare's First Folio by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 1516 sentences, grouped into 304 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.
Work through the 304 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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