Chapter 15 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Enter_ HOST. HOST. Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy? Miller, doth the match hold? Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
Chapter 15 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading “Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?”
plural of “dialogue” — a conversation between two persons
From this reading “Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy?”
a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
From this reading “Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?”
in a joyous manner
From this reading “Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?”
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading “Miller, doth the match hold?”
the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
From this reading “Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?”
take without the owner's consent
From this reading “Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?”
direct one's course or way
From this reading “Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?”
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From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy?
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
a youthful male person
From this reading Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy?
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
the Spanish language as spoken in Castile
From this reading Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy?
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
plural of “dialogue” — a conversation between two persons
From this reading Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy?
an old form of “does”
From this reading Miller, doth the match hold?
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter_ HOST.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy?
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Miller, doth the match hold?
a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
From this reading _Enter_ HOST.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy?
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading Miller, doth the match hold?
in a joyous manner
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading Miller, doth the match hold?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
take without the owner's consent
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
not in physical motion
From this reading Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miller, doth the match hold?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Ha! my Castilian dialogues; and art thou in breath still, boy?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
direct one's course or way
From this reading Smith, I see by thy eyes thou hast been reading a little Geneva print: but wend[272] we merrily to the forest, to steal some of the king's deer?
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