Chapter 3 of Venice Preserved: A Tragedy in Five Acts is here in full — 336 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Venice Preserved: A Tragedy in Five Acts is here in full — 336 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave. That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin. All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown. _Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life. No more!
Chapter 3 of Venice Preserved: A Tragedy in Five Acts is here in full — 336 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “betray” — reveal unintentionally
From this reading “That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.”
having an (artificial) crown on a tooth
From this reading “All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.”
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading “All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.”
capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading “That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.”
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading “_Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave.”
inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
From this reading “That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.”
the provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction
From this reading “_Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life.”
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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 That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
(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 All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading _Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
past form of “betray” — reveal unintentionally
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading _Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave.
having an (artificial) crown on a tooth
From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
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From this reading _Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave.
the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
From this reading _Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
willing to give and share unstintingly
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life.
the state of being honored
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading _Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading _Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading No more!
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life.
not any; not one
From this reading No more!
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From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
above and across; more than
From this reading _Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life.
capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
From this reading _Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading _Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave.
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading _Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading _Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading _Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading That e'er betrayed a generous, trusting friend, And gave up honour to be sure of ruin.
the provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction
From this reading _Pierre._ (C.) So, then, all's over: Venice has lost her freedom, I my life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Jaf._ (R. C.) To thee I am the falsest, veriest slave.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All our fair hopes, which morning was to've crowned, Has this cursed tongue o'erthrown.
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