Chapter 8 of Twelfth Night is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Twelfth Night is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Clo. Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole. Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady? Shall I vent to hir that thou art comming? Seb.
Chapter 8 of Twelfth Night is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Shall I vent to hir that thou art comming?”
a native of the east end of London
From this reading “Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?”
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading “Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.”
an awkward stupid person
From this reading “Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Shall I vent to hir that thou art comming?”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?”
a hole for the escape of gas or air
From this reading “Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.”
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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 Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
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From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
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From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Shall I vent to hir that thou art comming?
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From this reading Clo.
a native of the east end of London
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
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From this reading Shall I vent to hir that thou art comming?
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
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From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
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From this reading Shall I vent to hir that thou art comming?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
an awkward stupid person
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare
From this reading Seb.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
express in words
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Shall I vent to hir that thou art comming?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
a hole for the escape of gas or air
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Vent my folly: He has heard that word of some great man, and now applyes it to a foole.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Vent my folly: I am affraid this great lubber the World will proue a Cockney: I prethee now vngird thy strangenes, and tell me what I shall vent to my Lady?
Chapter 8 of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 8 holds 191 sentences of Twelfth Night, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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