Chapter 12 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COLLEN. Why, how now, sirrah? what's the matter? CLOWN. O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money. KING.
Chapter 12 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 363 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.
a rude or vulgar fool
From this reading “CLOWN.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “Why, how now, sirrah? what's the matter?”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.”
information about recent and important events
From this reading “O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.”
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading “O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.”
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading “O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.
a rude or vulgar fool
From this reading CLOWN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COLLEN.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, how now, sirrah? what's the matter?
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Why, how now, sirrah? what's the matter?
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.
information about recent and important events
From this reading O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Why, how now, sirrah? what's the matter?
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.
formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger
From this reading Why, how now, sirrah? what's the matter?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why, how now, sirrah? what's the matter?
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, how now, sirrah? what's the matter?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, how now, sirrah? what's the matter?
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading O, 'tis news for a king; 'tis worth money.
Chapter 12 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 363 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.
Chapter 12 holds 363 sentences of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07, unabridged, divided into 73 reading sections.
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