Chapter 8 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 03 is here in full — 358 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 03 is here in full — 358 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
C. CUSTANCE. Might not a woman be proud of such an husband? M. MERRY. Ah, that ye would in a letter show such despite! R. ROISTER.
Chapter 8 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 03 is here in full — 358 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/71 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading “Ah, that ye would in a letter show such despite!”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “Ah, that ye would in a letter show such despite!”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “M. MERRY.”
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading “Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?”
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
From this reading “R. ROISTER.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “Ah, that ye would in a letter show such despite!”
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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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 Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, that ye would in a letter show such despite!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading C. CUSTANCE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading C. CUSTANCE.
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading Ah, that ye would in a letter show such despite!
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ah, that ye would in a letter show such despite!
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Ah, that ye would in a letter show such despite!
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading M. MERRY.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading M. MERRY.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading R. ROISTER.
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
From this reading R. ROISTER.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Ah, that ye would in a letter show such despite!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ah, that ye would in a letter show such despite!
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Might not a woman be proud of such an husband?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Ah, that ye would in a letter show such despite!
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Ah, that ye would in a letter show such despite!
Chapter 8 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 03 by William Carew [Editor] Hazlitt holds 358 sentences, grouped into 72 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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