Chapter 27 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 27 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SCAR. Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse. WEN. Now speaks my bully like a gentleman of worth. BAR.
Chapter 27 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading “BAR.”
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading “Now speaks my bully like a gentleman of worth.”
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
From this reading “Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.”
a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
From this reading “SCAR.”
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading “Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.”
third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech
From this reading “Now speaks my bully like a gentleman of worth.”
occupy a large, elongated area
From this reading “Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.”
a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
From this reading “WEN.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Now speaks my bully like a gentleman of worth.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading BAR.
brought into existence
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading Now speaks my bully like a gentleman of worth.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
a man of refinement
From this reading Now speaks my bully like a gentleman of worth.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Now speaks my bully like a gentleman of worth.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now speaks my bully like a gentleman of worth.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now speaks my bully like a gentleman of worth.
on one occasion
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
From this reading SCAR.
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech
From this reading Now speaks my bully like a gentleman of worth.
occupy a large, elongated area
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
(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 Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
From this reading WEN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading Now speaks my bully like a gentleman of worth.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, at your importunance,[388] for once I'll stretch my purse; Who's born to sink, as good this way as worse.
Chapter 27 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 379 sentences, grouped into 76 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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