Practice Sentences

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Sentence #5: Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of York.


Now
[this][time]
... the winter ...
Old almancs used this symbol for winter.
... of ... discontent ...
Well, literally, "discontent" = [not][holding][together], but seeing as the whole point of creating these hieroglyphs is to translate Shakespeare into smiley face and hearts, I'm going with a frowny face (see above).
... our ...
{of}[me]{plural}
... is made ... by ...
[make]{passive}
... summer ...
Old almancs used this symbol for summer.
... glorious ...
Glory earns you a trophy.
... this ...
... sun ...
This is the simple astrological symbol for sun that we'll use in everyday writing, but I've used the fancier, more iconic glyph above.
... of York ...
In the War of the Roses, York was the White Rose.


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