Chapter 16 of The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 8 is here in full — 629 sentences across 126 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 8 is here in full — 629 sentences across 126 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GONERIL, } REGAN, } daughters to Lear. CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants. SCENE: _Britain_. [C] DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. First given by Rowe.
Chapter 16 of The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 8 is here in full — 629 sentences across 126 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “attendant” — someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
From this reading “CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.”
a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; “Great Britain” is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
plural of “captain” — an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.”
plural of “daughter” — a female human offspring
From this reading “GONERIL, } REGAN, } daughters to Lear.”
plural of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading “CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.”
British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
From this reading “GONERIL, } REGAN, } daughters to Lear.”
possessive form of “lear” — British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
From this reading “CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.”
plural of “messenger” — a person who carries a message
From this reading “CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.
plural of “attendant” — someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
From this reading CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.
a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; “Great Britain” is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
From this reading SCENE: _Britain_.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading First given by Rowe.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading [C] DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
plural of “captain” — an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.
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From this reading CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.
plural of “daughter” — a female human offspring
From this reading GONERIL, } REGAN, } daughters to Lear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [C] DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First given by Rowe.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading First given by Rowe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GONERIL, } REGAN, } daughters to Lear.
plural of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.
British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
From this reading GONERIL, } REGAN, } daughters to Lear.
possessive form of “lear” — British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
From this reading CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.
plural of “messenger” — a person who carries a message
From this reading CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [C] DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GONERIL, } REGAN, } daughters to Lear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading First given by Rowe.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE: _Britain_.
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GONERIL, } REGAN, } daughters to Lear.
create by training and teaching
From this reading CORDELIA, } Knights of Lear's train, Captains, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants.
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