Chapter 27 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DAPH. O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it. DOR. O my heart! What sudden joy thou strik'st into it now!
Chapter 27 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having a strong desire for success or achievement
From this reading “O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “O my heart!”
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading “What sudden joy thou strik'st into it now!”
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading “O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.”
on the contrary
From this reading “O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.”
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading “What sudden joy thou strik'st into it now!”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “What sudden joy thou strik'st into it now!”
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.
In this reading “What sudden joy thou strik'st into it now!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
having a strong desire for success or achievement
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DAPH.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DOR.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading O my heart!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading What sudden joy thou strik'st into it now!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading What sudden joy thou strik'st into it now!
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading O my heart!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading What sudden joy thou strik'st into it now!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
on the contrary
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
express in words
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What sudden joy thou strik'st into it now!
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading What sudden joy thou strik'st into it now!
an old word for “yours”
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading What sudden joy thou strik'st into it now!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What sudden joy thou strik'st into it now!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading O, say not so; let me Rather be thine; it will be pride in me To be ambitious of it.
Chapter 27 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 by Robert Dodsley holds 378 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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