Chapter 10 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 11 is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 11 is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_Aside._] FEE. Well, let me alone. [_Aside._] TEAR. This bully dares not drink. FEE.
Chapter 10 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 11 is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “Well, let me alone.”
on or to one side
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading “This bully dares not drink.”
plural of “dare” — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading “This bully dares not drink.”
take in liquids
From this reading “This bully dares not drink.”
a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
From this reading “[_Aside._] FEE.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Well, let me alone.”
separate or cause to separate abruptly
From this reading “[_Aside._] TEAR.”
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Having no one else present.
From this reading Well, let me alone.
on or to one side
From this reading [_Aside._] FEE.
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading This bully dares not drink.
plural of “dare” — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading This bully dares not drink.
take in liquids
From this reading This bully dares not drink.
a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
From this reading [_Aside._] FEE.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Well, let me alone.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, let me alone.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This bully dares not drink.
separate or cause to separate abruptly
From this reading [_Aside._] TEAR.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This bully dares not drink.
(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, let me alone.
Chapter 10 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 11 by William Carew [Editor] Hazlitt holds 363 sentences, grouped into 73 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.
Chapter 10 holds 363 sentences of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 11, unabridged, divided into 73 reading sections.
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