Chapter 17 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 02 is here in full — 339 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 02 is here in full — 339 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WIT. Nay, nay, thou shalt have work enough to save thyself. [_Fight_. INSTRUCTION. Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.
Chapter 17 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 02 is here in full — 339 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.”
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.”
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
a message describing how something is to be done
From this reading “INSTRUCTION.”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “Nay, nay, thou shalt have work enough to save thyself.”
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Nay, nay, thou shalt have work enough to save thyself.”
plural of “weapon” — any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
From this reading “Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.”
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading “WIT.”
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Nay, nay, thou shalt have work enough to save thyself.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading [_Fight_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Nay, nay, thou shalt have work enough to save thyself.
a message describing how something is to be done
From this reading INSTRUCTION.
the force of workers available
From this reading Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.
an old word for “no”
From this reading Nay, nay, thou shalt have work enough to save thyself.
participate in games or sport
From this reading Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.
except for; apart from
From this reading Nay, nay, thou shalt have work enough to save thyself.
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading Nay, nay, thou shalt have work enough to save thyself.
carry out
From this reading Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Nay, nay, thou shalt have work enough to save thyself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nay, nay, thou shalt have work enough to save thyself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nay, nay, thou shalt have work enough to save thyself.
plural of “weapon” — any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
From this reading Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading WIT.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Nay, nay, thou shalt have work enough to save thyself.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Take breath, and change your weapons; play the men.
Chapter 17 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 02 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 339 sentences, grouped into 68 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 17 holds 339 sentences of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 02, unabridged, divided into 68 reading sections.
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