Chapter 9 of The Winter's Tale is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Winter's Tale is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Perd. Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam. Who haue we here? Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut. If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
Chapter 9 of The Winter's Tale is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
From this reading “Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.”
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River
From this reading “Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.”
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading “If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.”
a device that requires skill for proper use
From this reading “Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.”
engage in
From this reading “Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.”
prevent from being included or considered or accepted
From this reading “Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
(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 Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
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From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River
From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who haue we here?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Who haue we here?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
a device that requires skill for proper use
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
engage in
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
prevent from being included or considered or accepted
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
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From this reading If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
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From this reading Perd.
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From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
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From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
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From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Who haue we here?
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From this reading Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit Nothing may giue vs aide Aut.
which person or people
From this reading Who haue we here?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading If they haue ouer-heard me now: why hanging Cam.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Happy be you: All that you speake, shewes faire Cam.
Chapter 9 of The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare holds 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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 9 holds 131 sentences of The Winter's Tale, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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 27 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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