Chapter 5 of The Comedy of Errors The Works of William is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
Chapter 5 of The Comedy of Errors The Works of William is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame! _Ant. E._ Dined at home!--Thou villain, what sayest thou? 65 _Dro. E._ Sir, sooth to say, you did not dine at home.
Chapter 5 of The Comedy of Errors The Works of William is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 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.
social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading “E._ Sir, sooth to say, you did not dine at home.”
past form of “dine” — have supper; eat dinner
From this reading “_Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!”
an old form of “does”
From this reading “_Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!”
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading “_Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!”
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading “_Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!”
plural of “slander” — words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
From this reading “_Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!”
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading “E._ Dined at home!--Thou villain, what sayest thou?”
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.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 65 _Dro.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
From this reading _Ant.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading E._ Sir, sooth to say, you did not dine at home.
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading E._ Sir, sooth to say, you did not dine at home.
past form of “dine” — have supper; eat dinner
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
an old form of “does”
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 65 _Dro.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading E._ Dined at home!--Thou villain, what sayest thou?
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
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 _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
where you live at a particular time
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading E._ Sir, sooth to say, you did not dine at home.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
To move from a closed position.
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
express in words
From this reading E._ Sir, sooth to say, you did not dine at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading E._ Dined at home!--Thou villain, what sayest thou?
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
term of address for a man
From this reading E._ Sir, sooth to say, you did not dine at home.
plural of “slander” — words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
truth or reality
From this reading E._ Sir, sooth to say, you did not dine at home.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading E._ Dined at home!--Thou villain, what sayest thou?
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading E._ Sir, sooth to say, you did not dine at home.
up to a particular time
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading E._ Dined at home!--Thou villain, what sayest thou?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading E._ Dined at home!--Thou villain, what sayest thou?
in or at the place that
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Adr._ O husband, God doth know you dined at home; Where would you had remain’d until this time, Free from these slanders and this open shame!
Chapter 5 of The Comedy of Errors The Works of William by William Shakespeare holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 404 sentences of The Comedy of Errors The Works of William, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Comedy of Errors The Works of William by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 5 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading The Comedy of Errors The Works of William by William Shakespeare on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 0 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #? are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #?, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 5 minutes of reading across 0 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Comedy of Errors The Works of William section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 0 chapters of The Comedy of Errors The Works of William to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Comedy of Errors The Works of William, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
