Chapter 22 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 is here in full — 365 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 is here in full — 365 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MEN. Then my device is clean spoiled. Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do? [_Aside_.] CRA.
Chapter 22 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 is here in full — 365 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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formed or made thin by hammering
From this reading “Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?”
a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
From this reading “Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?”
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading “Then my device is clean spoiled.”
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
From this reading “Then my device is clean spoiled.”
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?”
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading “Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?”
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading “Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?”
having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention
From this reading “Then my device is clean spoiled.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
on or to one side
From this reading [_Aside_.]
formed or made thin by hammering
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading Then my device is clean spoiled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CRA.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
From this reading Then my device is clean spoiled.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
an old form of “has”
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then my device is clean spoiled.
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
the force of workers available
From this reading MEN.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then my device is clean spoiled.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention
From this reading Then my device is clean spoiled.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then my device is clean spoiled.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Appetitus should have been as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now Crapula hath beaten him out of doors; what shall I do?
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