Chapter 24 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LADY F. Tut, let me excuse thee. ROB. Turn, woman? O, it is intolerable! Except you promise me to play the page.
Chapter 24 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 is here in full — 361 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.
apart from; not including
From this reading “Except you promise me to play the page.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “LADY F. Tut, let me excuse thee.”
incapable of being tolerated or endured
From this reading “O, it is intolerable!”
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading “Except you promise me to play the page.”
participate in games or sport
From this reading “Except you promise me to play the page.”
make a promise or commitment
From this reading “Except you promise me to play the page.”
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “ROB.”
utter “tsk,” “tut,” or “tut-tut,” as in disapproval
From this reading “LADY F. Tut, let me excuse thee.”
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.
apart from; not including
From this reading Except you promise me to play the page.
accept an excuse for
From this reading LADY F. Tut, let me excuse thee.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading LADY F. Tut, let me excuse thee.
incapable of being tolerated or endured
From this reading O, it is intolerable!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading O, it is intolerable!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading O, it is intolerable!
a polite name for any woman
From this reading LADY F. Tut, let me excuse thee.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading LADY F. Tut, let me excuse thee.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading LADY F. Tut, let me excuse thee.
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, it is intolerable!
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading Except you promise me to play the page.
participate in games or sport
From this reading Except you promise me to play the page.
make a promise or commitment
From this reading Except you promise me to play the page.
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading ROB.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Except you promise me to play the page.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading LADY F. Tut, let me excuse thee.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Except you promise me to play the page.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading Turn, woman?
utter “tsk,” “tut,” or “tut-tut,” as in disapproval
From this reading LADY F. Tut, let me excuse thee.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Turn, woman?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Except you promise me to play the page.
Chapter 24 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 361 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 24 holds 361 sentences of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 07, unabridged, divided into 73 reading sections.
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