Chapter 8 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 is here in full — 337 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 06 is here in full — 337 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LENTULO. This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee? PENULO. Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be. LENTULO.
Chapter 8 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 is here in full — 337 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/67 · 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.
take in marriage
From this reading “Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be.”
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading “This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LENTULO.
take in marriage
From this reading Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be.
not any; not one
From this reading Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PENULO.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be.
term of address for a man
From this reading Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be.
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This 'parel? what, and I stole it: what's that to thee?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Marry, sir, no more but that hang'd you shall be.
Chapter 8 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 337 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 8 holds 337 sentences of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06, unabridged, divided into 68 reading sections.
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