Chapter 24 of The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 6 is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 6 is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Sec. Cit._ Why that way? _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife. 30 _Sec. Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
Chapter 24 of The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 6 is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading “_Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.”
plural of “dew” — water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air
From this reading “_Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.”
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading “_Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.”
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading “_Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.”
changed from a solid to a liquid state
From this reading “_Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.”
very bad
From this reading “_Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?”
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In this reading “_Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.”
In this reading “_Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.”
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From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
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From this reading Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
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From this reading 30 _Sec.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
(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 Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
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From this reading Cit._ Why that way?
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
plural of “dew” — water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
changed from a solid to a liquid state
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
the local environment
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
determined
From this reading Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
very bad
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading _Sec.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Cit._ Why that way?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Cit._ Why that way?
in or at the place that
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Cit._ Why that way?
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _Third Cit._ To lose itself in a fog; where being three parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would return[2997] for conscience sake, to help to get thee a wife.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Cit._ You are never without your tricks: you may, you may.[2998] _Third Cit._ Are you all resolved to give your voices?
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