Chapter 7 of The Merchant of Venice is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Merchant of Venice is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Exeunt. Actus Quartus. Enter the Duke, the Magnificoes, Anthonio, Bassanio, and Gratiano Duke. What, is Anthonio heere? Ant.
Chapter 7 of The Merchant of Venice is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.”
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading “Enter the Duke, the Magnificoes, Anthonio, Bassanio, and Gratiano Duke.”
to come or go into
From this reading “Enter the Duke, the Magnificoes, Anthonio, Bassanio, and Gratiano Duke.”
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From this reading Actus Quartus.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Enter the Duke, the Magnificoes, Anthonio, Bassanio, and Gratiano Duke.
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.
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From this reading Enter the Duke, the Magnificoes, Anthonio, Bassanio, and Gratiano Duke.
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From this reading Enter the Duke, the Magnificoes, Anthonio, Bassanio, and Gratiano Duke.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading Enter the Duke, the Magnificoes, Anthonio, Bassanio, and Gratiano Duke.
to come or go into
From this reading Enter the Duke, the Magnificoes, Anthonio, Bassanio, and Gratiano Duke.
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From this reading Exeunt.
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From this reading Enter the Duke, the Magnificoes, Anthonio, Bassanio, and Gratiano Duke.
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From this reading What, is Anthonio heere?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What, is Anthonio heere?
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From this reading Enter the Duke, the Magnificoes, Anthonio, Bassanio, and Gratiano Duke.
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From this reading Actus Quartus.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Enter the Duke, the Magnificoes, Anthonio, Bassanio, and Gratiano Duke.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What, is Anthonio heere?
Chapter 7 of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare holds 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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 7 holds 149 sentences of The Merchant of Venice, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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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