Chapter 36 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXVI
Chapter 36 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HEIGH. Be not so testy; hear what we can say. PIS. Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL. What else? what lands? what debts? what will you do?
Chapter 36 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give advice to
From this reading “Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.”
plural of “debt” — the state of owing something (especially money)
From this reading “Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.”
plural of “land” — the land on which real estate is located
From this reading “Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.”
gain knowledge or skills
From this reading “Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.”
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.”
easily irritated or annoyed
From this reading “Be not so testy; hear what we can say.”
careful and diligent in the use of resources
From this reading “Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
give advice to
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be not so testy; hear what we can say.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Be not so testy; hear what we can say.
plural of “debt” — the state of owing something (especially money)
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What else? what lands? what debts? what will you do?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Be not so testy; hear what we can say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HEIGH.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
plural of “land” — the land on which real estate is located
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
gain knowledge or skills
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Be not so testy; hear what we can say.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PIS.
express in words
From this reading Be not so testy; hear what we can say.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Be not so testy; hear what we can say.
easily irritated or annoyed
From this reading Be not so testy; hear what we can say.
careful and diligent in the use of resources
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Be not so testy; hear what we can say.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Be not so testy; hear what we can say.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Will you be wiv'd? first learn to keep a wife: Learn to be thrifty, learn to keep your lands, And learn to pay your debts too, I advise, else---- WAL.
Chapter 36 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 by William Carew [Editor] Hazlitt holds 375 sentences, grouped into 75 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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