Chapter 5 of Sir Thomas More is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Sir Thomas More is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FAULKNER. My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester. MORE. A fellow of your hair is very fit To be a secretary’s follower! FAULKNER.
Chapter 5 of Sir Thomas More is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
From this reading “FAULKNER.”
a person who accepts the leadership of another
From this reading “A fellow of your hair is very fit To be a secretary’s follower!”
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
From this reading “My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.”
possessive form of “name” — a language unit by which a person or thing is known
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
From this reading “My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.”
possessive form of “secretary” — a person who is head of an administrative department of government
serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading “My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.”
a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
From this reading “My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.”
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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 fellow of your hair is very fit To be a secretary’s follower!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A fellow of your hair is very fit To be a secretary’s follower!
United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
From this reading FAULKNER.
a boy or man
From this reading A fellow of your hair is very fit To be a secretary’s follower!
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading A fellow of your hair is very fit To be a secretary’s follower!
a person who accepts the leadership of another
From this reading A fellow of your hair is very fit To be a secretary’s follower!
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading A fellow of your hair is very fit To be a secretary’s follower!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A fellow of your hair is very fit To be a secretary’s follower!
a small worthless amount
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading MORE.
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
possessive form of “name” — a language unit by which a person or thing is known
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
possessive form of “secretary” — a person who is head of an administrative department of government
From this reading A fellow of your hair is very fit To be a secretary’s follower!
serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
precisely as stated
From this reading A fellow of your hair is very fit To be a secretary’s follower!
a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
From this reading My name’s Jack Faulkner; I serve, next under God and my prince, Master Morris, secretary to my Lord of Winchester.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A fellow of your hair is very fit To be a secretary’s follower!
Chapter 5 of Sir Thomas More by William [Dubious author] Shakespeare holds 213 sentences, grouped into 43 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 5 holds 213 sentences of Sir Thomas More, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Sir Thomas More by William [Dubious author] Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 213 sentences, grouped into 43 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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