Chapter 6 of The Merchant of Venice is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Merchant of Venice is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Bass. Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra. Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner. What and stake downe? Gra.
Chapter 6 of The Merchant of Venice is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the lowest part of the musical range
From this reading “Bass.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.”
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading “Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.”
having an illustrious reputation; respected
From this reading “Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.”
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading “Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.”
participate in games or sport
From this reading “Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.”
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
From this reading “What and stake downe?”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.”
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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 Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What and stake downe?
the lowest part of the musical range
From this reading Bass.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
a youthful male person
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What and stake downe?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
having an illustrious reputation; respected
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
participate in games or sport
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
From this reading What and stake downe?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What and stake downe?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Weele play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Our feast shall be much honored in your marriage Gra.
Chapter 6 of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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 6 holds 151 sentences of The Merchant of Venice, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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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