Chapter 14 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 14 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR BAR. Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well. MRS BAR. What's that? MR BAR.
Chapter 14 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give advice to
From this reading “Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.”
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading “MR BAR.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “MRS BAR.”
(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 “Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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give advice to
From this reading Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading MR BAR.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR BAR.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS BAR.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What's that?
(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 Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's that?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ay, and I had done well, If you would do what I advise for well.
Chapter 14 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 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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