Chapter 3 of The Tempest is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Tempest is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ariell. Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done. So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son. Exeunt. Scoena Secunda.
Chapter 3 of The Tempest is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.”
with safety; in a safe manner
From this reading “So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.”
a male human offspring
From this reading “So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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From this reading Ariell.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Exeunt.
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From this reading So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.
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From this reading Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.
with safety; in a safe manner
From this reading So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Scoena Secunda.
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From this reading Scoena Secunda.
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From this reading So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.
a male human offspring
From this reading So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So (King) goe safely on to seeke thy Son.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Prospero my Lord, shall know what I haue done.
Chapter 3 of The Tempest by William Shakespeare holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 148 sentences of The Tempest, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Tempest by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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.
Work through the 30 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Tempest, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
