Chapter 9 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 02 is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 02 is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RAGAN. Ye might have given me some part, when ye had enough. ESAU. What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had? Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
Chapter 9 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 02 is here in full — 331 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.”
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading “Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.”
(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 “ESAU.”
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
From this reading “What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had?”
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading “Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.”
a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat
From this reading “What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had?”
a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
From this reading “Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.”
grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
From this reading “What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had?”
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an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Ye might have given me some part, when ye had enough.
(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 ESAU.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading Ye might have given me some part, when ye had enough.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ye might have given me some part, when ye had enough.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Ye might have given me some part, when ye had enough.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
From this reading What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had?
roused to anger
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
engage in
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ye might have given me some part, when ye had enough.
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Ye might have given me some part, when ye had enough.
an old word for “no”
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had?
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Ye might have given me some part, when ye had enough.
a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat
From this reading What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RAGAN.
a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had?
grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
From this reading What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Ye might have given me some part, when ye had enough.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had?
at the time that
From this reading Ye might have given me some part, when ye had enough.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
in the company of; together with
From this reading What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Ye might have given me some part, when ye had enough.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why, the crow would not give it her bird--thou art mad, Is that meat for you? nay, it would make you too rank.
Chapter 9 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 02 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 331 sentences, grouped into 67 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.
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