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Chapter 22 of The Borough is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE POOR OF THE BOROUGH. Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat . SHAKESPEARE, Richard III.
Chapter 22 of The Borough is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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one of the administrative divisions of a large city
From this reading “THE POOR OF THE BOROUGH.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “THE POOR OF THE BOROUGH.”
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading “SHAKESPEARE, Richard III.”
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .”
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .”
something that is a source of danger
From this reading “Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .”
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(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 Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
one of the administrative divisions of a large city
From this reading THE POOR OF THE BOROUGH.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading SHAKESPEARE, Richard III.
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From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
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From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE POOR OF THE BOROUGH.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading THE POOR OF THE BOROUGH.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SHAKESPEARE, Richard III.
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading SHAKESPEARE, Richard III.
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE POOR OF THE BOROUGH.
something that is a source of danger
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat .
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