Chapter 8 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 02 is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 02 is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MIDO. But I did not see Esau neither all this same week. Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal. ISAAC. No, doest thou, Mido? and tell me the cause why.
Chapter 8 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 02 is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading “No, doest thou, Mido? and tell me the cause why.”
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading “Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.”
(Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage
From this reading “But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.”
(Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau
From this reading “ISAAC.”
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
From this reading “Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.”
a male human offspring
From this reading “Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.”
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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 Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
(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 But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No, doest thou, Mido? and tell me the cause why.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading No, doest thou, Mido? and tell me the cause why.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, doest thou, Mido? and tell me the cause why.
(Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage
From this reading But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.
(Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau
From this reading ISAAC.
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
From this reading Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No, doest thou, Mido? and tell me the cause why.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MIDO.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.
not any; not one
From this reading No, doest thou, Mido? and tell me the cause why.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.
Identical; not different.
From this reading But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
a male human offspring
From this reading Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
express in words
From this reading No, doest thou, Mido? and tell me the cause why.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No, doest thou, Mido? and tell me the cause why.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading No, doest thou, Mido? and tell me the cause why.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading But I did not see Esau neither all this same week.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading No, doest thou, Mido? and tell me the cause why.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Nor do I love your son Esau so well, As I do love your son Jacob by a great deal.
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