Chapter 4 of The Tempest is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Tempest is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Trin. Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste. Weel not run Monsieur Monster Trin. Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste. Moone-calfe, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe Cal.
Chapter 4 of The Tempest is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.”
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading “Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.”
a commissioned military officer
From this reading “Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste.”
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading “Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste.”
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading “Weel not run Monsieur Monster Trin.”
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading “Weel not run Monsieur Monster Trin.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.”
conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
From this reading “Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Moone-calfe, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe Cal.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Moone-calfe, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe Cal.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Moone-calfe, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe Cal.
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Moone-calfe, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe Cal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Moone-calfe, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe Cal.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.
a commissioned military officer
From this reading Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Moone-calfe, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe Cal.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste.
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading Weel not run Monsieur Monster Trin.
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading Weel not run Monsieur Monster Trin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Moone-calfe, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe Cal.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.
not any; not one
From this reading Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Weel not run Monsieur Monster Trin.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.
on one occasion
From this reading Moone-calfe, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe Cal.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Weel not run Monsieur Monster Trin.
express in words
From this reading Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.
express in speech
From this reading Moone-calfe, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe Cal.
conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
From this reading Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Moone-calfe, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe Cal.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Moone-calfe, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe Cal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Trin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Weel not run Monsieur Monster Trin.
but in spite of that
From this reading Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nor go neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither Ste.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your Lieutenant if you list, hee's no standard Ste.
Chapter 4 of The Tempest by William Shakespeare holds 140 sentences, grouped into 28 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 4 holds 140 sentences of The Tempest, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Tempest by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 140 sentences, grouped into 28 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 28 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 28 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Tempest, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
