Chapter 30 of The Sea Lions is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of The Sea Lions is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
4 _Cit_. We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony. _Cit_. The will, the will; we will hear Caesar's will. _Ant_.
Chapter 30 of The Sea Lions is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 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
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading “We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.”
possessive form of “caesar” — conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
From this reading “The will, the will; we will hear Caesar's will.”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.”
attach a tag or label to
From this reading “We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.”
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading “We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.”
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From this reading 4 _Cit_.
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_.
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.
possessive form of “caesar” — conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
From this reading The will, the will; we will hear Caesar's will.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 4 _Cit_.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We 'll hear the will: Read it, Mark Antony.
Chapter 30 of The Sea Lions by James Fenimore Cooper holds 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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 30 holds 221 sentences of The Sea Lions, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 30 of The Sea Lions by James Fenimore Cooper exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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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