Chapter 4 of Twelfth Night is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Twelfth Night is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Clo. Sir Toby there you lye Mal. This is much credit to you To. Shall I bid him go Clo. What and if you do?
Chapter 4 of Twelfth Night is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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propose a payment
From this reading “Shall I bid him go Clo.”
approval
From this reading “This is much credit to you To.”
a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
From this reading “Sir Toby there you lye Mal.”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “This is much credit to you To.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Shall I bid him go Clo.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Sir Toby there you lye Mal.”
a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
From this reading “Sir Toby there you lye Mal.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What and if you do?
propose a payment
From this reading Shall I bid him go Clo.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clo.
approval
From this reading This is much credit to you To.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What and if you do?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Shall I bid him go Clo.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Shall I bid him go Clo.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Shall I bid him go Clo.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading What and if you do?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is much credit to you To.
a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
From this reading Sir Toby there you lye Mal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sir Toby there you lye Mal.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading This is much credit to you To.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall I bid him go Clo.
term of address for a man
From this reading Sir Toby there you lye Mal.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Sir Toby there you lye Mal.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is much credit to you To.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This is much credit to you To.
a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
From this reading Sir Toby there you lye Mal.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What and if you do?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sir Toby there you lye Mal.
Chapter 4 of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 184 sentences of Twelfth Night, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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