Chapter 23 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 364 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 364 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SKINK. Co-commendations, and s-she hath s-sent ye this r-ring. GLO. Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man. SKINK.
Chapter 23 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 364 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/72 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading “Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.”
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “Co-commendations, and s-she hath s-sent ye this r-ring.”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.”
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading “Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.”
successive (without a break)
From this reading “Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Co-commendations, and s-she hath s-sent ye this r-ring.
plural of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Co-commendations, and s-she hath s-sent ye this r-ring.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GLO.
an old form of “has”
From this reading Co-commendations, and s-she hath s-sent ye this r-ring.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Co-commendations, and s-she hath s-sent ye this r-ring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Co-commendations, and s-she hath s-sent ye this r-ring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Co-commendations, and s-she hath s-sent ye this r-ring.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
From this reading SKINK.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Co-commendations, and s-she hath s-sent ye this r-ring.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Co-commendations, and s-she hath s-sent ye this r-ring.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Hold, there's two angels; shut the chamber-door, You must about some business for me straight; Come nearer, man.
Chapter 23 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 364 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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