Chapter 3 of The Merry Wives of Windsor is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Merry Wives of Windsor is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Qu. Is it this Sir? Ca. Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby? Qu.
Chapter 3 of The Merry Wives of Windsor is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?”
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading “Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?”
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading “Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?”
with speed
From this reading “Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?”
a form of football played with an oval ball
From this reading “Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Is it this Sir?”
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a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
From this reading Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?
a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals
From this reading Ca.
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is it this Sir?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Is it this Sir?
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From this reading Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Qu.
with speed
From this reading Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?
a form of football played with an oval ball
From this reading Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?
term of address for a man
From this reading Is it this Sir?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Is it this Sir?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ouy mette le au mon pocket, depeech quickly: Vere is dat knaue Rugby?
Chapter 3 of The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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 3 holds 171 sentences of The Merry Wives of Windsor, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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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