Chapter 17 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PENURY. Here is five shillings; buy them of this stranger. SIMPLICITY. Friend, you have not stolen them, but you make them? Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
Chapter 17 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “Here is five shillings; buy them of this stranger.”
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
From this reading “Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.”
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
From this reading “Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.”
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
From this reading “PENURY.”
plural of “shilling” — the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “Here is five shillings; buy them of this stranger.”
the quality of being simple or uncompounded
From this reading “SIMPLICITY.”
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading “Friend, you have not stolen them, but you make them?”
plural of “ware” — articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: “silverware”, “software”
From this reading “Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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 Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Friend, you have not stolen them, but you make them?
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Here is five shillings; buy them of this stranger.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
From this reading Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Here is five shillings; buy them of this stranger.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Friend, you have not stolen them, but you make them?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Friend, you have not stolen them, but you make them?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here is five shillings; buy them of this stranger.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
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From this reading Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here is five shillings; buy them of this stranger.
engage in
From this reading Friend, you have not stolen them, but you make them?
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
From this reading Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Friend, you have not stolen them, but you make them?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here is five shillings; buy them of this stranger.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
From this reading PENURY.
plural of “shilling” — the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
From this reading Here is five shillings; buy them of this stranger.
the quality of being simple or uncompounded
From this reading SIMPLICITY.
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading Friend, you have not stolen them, but you make them?
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading Here is five shillings; buy them of this stranger.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Here is five shillings; buy them of this stranger.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Here is five shillings; buy them of this stranger.
plural of “ware” — articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: “silverware”, “software”
From this reading Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
(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 Well, I'll buy them in the open market, and then I care not; here is ten shillings; deliver me the wares.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Friend, you have not stolen them, but you make them?
Chapter 17 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 362 sentences, grouped into 73 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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