Chapter 4 of The Piccolomini: A Play is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Piccolomini: A Play is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops. ACT III. SCENE I. A Small Chamber. ILLO and TERZKY.
Chapter 4 of The Piccolomini: A Play is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “ACT III.”
a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading “A Small Chamber.”
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading “[While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.”
plural of “drop” — a shape that is spherical and small
From this reading “[While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.”
the act of departing
From this reading “[While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “SCENE I.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “A Small Chamber.”
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading “[While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.”
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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 A Small Chamber.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading ACT III.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading [While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ILLO and TERZKY.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading [While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.
a natural or artificial enclosed space
From this reading A Small Chamber.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading [While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.
plural of “drop” — a shape that is spherical and small
From this reading [While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.
the act of departing
From this reading [While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SCENE I.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading ACT III.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ILLO and TERZKY.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading [While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE I.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A Small Chamber.
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading [While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ILLO and TERZKY.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.
during the time that
From this reading [While all are going off the stage, the curtain drops.
Chapter 4 of The Piccolomini: A Play by Friedrich Schiller 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.
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