Chapter 4 of Wilhelm Tell is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Wilhelm Tell is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Extends his hand right and left.] MAUER. Ay, we are all one heart, one blood, one race! ALL (joining hands). We are one people, and will act as one.
Chapter 4 of Wilhelm Tell is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “We are one people, and will act as one.”
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading “Ay, we are all one heart, one blood, one race!”
third-person singular of “extend” — extend in scope or range or area
From this reading “[Extends his hand right and left.]”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “ALL (joining hands).”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “Ay, we are all one heart, one blood, one race!”
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
From this reading “ALL (joining hands).”
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “We are one people, and will act as one.”
any competition
From this reading “Ay, we are all one heart, one blood, one race!”
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perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading We are one people, and will act as one.
(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 Ay, we are all one heart, one blood, one race!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Extends his hand right and left.]
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Ay, we are all one heart, one blood, one race!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We are one people, and will act as one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ay, we are all one heart, one blood, one race!
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading Ay, we are all one heart, one blood, one race!
third-person singular of “extend” — extend in scope or range or area
From this reading [Extends his hand right and left.]
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading [Extends his hand right and left.]
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading ALL (joining hands).
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Ay, we are all one heart, one blood, one race!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading [Extends his hand right and left.]
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
From this reading ALL (joining hands).
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading [Extends his hand right and left.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAUER.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Ay, we are all one heart, one blood, one race!
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading We are one people, and will act as one.
any competition
From this reading Ay, we are all one heart, one blood, one race!
precisely, exactly
From this reading [Extends his hand right and left.]
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Ay, we are all one heart, one blood, one race!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We are one people, and will act as one.
Chapter 4 of Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller holds 272 sentences, grouped into 55 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 272 sentences of Wilhelm Tell, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 272 sentences, grouped into 55 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 55 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.
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About 133 minutes of reading across 322 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Wilhelm Tell, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
