Chapter 6 of The Piccolomini: A Play is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Piccolomini: A Play is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SECOND SERVANT (comes in running). Did you hear? They have drunk the Prince of Weimar's health. THIRD SERVANT. The Swedish chief commander!
Chapter 6 of The Piccolomini: A Play is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 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.
a person who is in charge
From this reading “The Swedish chief commander!”
an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading “The Swedish chief commander!”
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading “They have drunk the Prince of Weimar's health.”
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading “They have drunk the Prince of Weimar's health.”
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading “SECOND SERVANT (comes in running).”
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading “SECOND SERVANT (comes in running).”
of or relating to or characteristic of Sweden or its people or culture or language
From this reading “The Swedish chief commander!”
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading “THIRD SERVANT.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
a person who is in charge
From this reading The Swedish chief commander!
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading SECOND SERVANT (comes in running).
an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading The Swedish chief commander!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you hear?
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading They have drunk the Prince of Weimar's health.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have drunk the Prince of Weimar's health.
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading They have drunk the Prince of Weimar's health.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Did you hear?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SECOND SERVANT (comes in running).
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They have drunk the Prince of Weimar's health.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading They have drunk the Prince of Weimar's health.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading SECOND SERVANT (comes in running).
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading SECOND SERVANT (comes in running).
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading SECOND SERVANT (comes in running).
of or relating to or characteristic of Sweden or its people or culture or language
From this reading The Swedish chief commander!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They have drunk the Prince of Weimar's health.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have drunk the Prince of Weimar's health.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading THIRD SERVANT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They have drunk the Prince of Weimar's health.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you hear?
Chapter 6 of The Piccolomini: A Play by Friedrich Schiller holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 6 holds 398 sentences of The Piccolomini: A Play, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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