Chapter 4 of The Comedy of Errors is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Comedy of Errors is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Gold. Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti. No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold. Well sir, I will? Haue you the Chaine about you?
Chapter 4 of The Comedy of Errors is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
From this reading “Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.”
coins made of gold
From this reading “Gold.”
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading “No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Well sir, I will?”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well sir, I will?”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Haue you the Chaine about you?
not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
From this reading Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.
coins made of gold
From this reading Gold.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Haue you the Chaine about you?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.
not any; not one
From this reading No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.
term of address for a man
From this reading Well sir, I will?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well sir, I will?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.
in the company of; together with
From this reading No beare it with you, least I come not time enough Gold.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then you will bring the Chaine to her your selfe Anti.
Chapter 4 of The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare holds 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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 4 holds 187 sentences of The Comedy of Errors, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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