Chapter 5 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 is here in full — 367 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 is here in full — 367 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MAR. I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift. [_Aside. Exit_. QU.
Chapter 5 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 is here in full — 367 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on or to one side
have the idea for
From this reading “I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.”
be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading “I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.”
an opening that permits escape or release
(Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person
From this reading “I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.”
make imperfect
From this reading “MAR.”
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.”
make a shift in or exchange of
From this reading “I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.”
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prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
on or to one side
From this reading [_Aside.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
have the idea for
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading Exit_.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
(Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
make imperfect
From this reading MAR.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
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From this reading QU.
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
make a shift in or exchange of
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I thank your highness, but I will not trust ye: My Robert shall have knowledge of this shift, For I conceive already your deep drift.
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