Chapter 32 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 11 is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 32 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 11 is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
REB. I will; but how many have you made instruments herein? HAD. Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player. REB.
Chapter 32 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 11 is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player.”
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading “Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player.”
in this place or thing or document
From this reading “I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?”
plural of “instrument” — a device that requires skill for proper use
From this reading “I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?”
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading “I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?”
not one, and not any
From this reading “Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player.”
a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
From this reading “Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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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 Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player.
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading HAD.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?
in this place or thing or document
From this reading I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?
plural of “instrument” — a device that requires skill for proper use
From this reading I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player.
not one, and not any
From this reading Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player.
a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
From this reading Faith, none but my cousin Lightfoot and a player.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading REB.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I will; but how many have you made instruments herein?
Chapter 32 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 11 by William Carew [Editor] Hazlitt holds 384 sentences, grouped into 77 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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