Chapter 9 of The Merry Wives of Windsor is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Merry Wives of Windsor is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Exeunt. Scena Secunda. Enter Page, Shallow, Slender. Page. Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
Chapter 9 of The Merry Wives of Windsor is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading “Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.”
to come or go into
From this reading “Enter Page, Shallow, Slender.”
plural of “fairy” — a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading “Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.”
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading “Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.”
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading “Enter Page, Shallow, Slender.”
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading “Enter Page, Shallow, Slender.”
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading “Enter Page, Shallow, Slender.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.”
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From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
to come or go into
From this reading Enter Page, Shallow, Slender.
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From this reading Exeunt.
plural of “fairy” — a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
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From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading Enter Page, Shallow, Slender.
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From this reading Scena Secunda.
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From this reading Scena Secunda.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading Enter Page, Shallow, Slender.
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading Enter Page, Shallow, Slender.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
up to a particular time
From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
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From this reading Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we see the light of our Fairies.
Chapter 9 of The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 9 holds 190 sentences of The Merry Wives of Windsor, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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