Chapter 6 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
QUEEN-M. My gracious lord. ELE. Are you there with your beagles! hark, you slaves! Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us? QUEEN-M. Gentle Eleazar.
Chapter 6 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “beagle” — a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
From this reading “Are you there with your beagles! hark, you slaves!”
stick to firmly
From this reading “Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?”
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading “QUEEN-M. Gentle Eleazar.”
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading “QUEEN-M. My gracious lord.”
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading “Are you there with your beagles! hark, you slaves!”
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?”
plural of “slave” — a person who is owned by someone
From this reading “Are you there with your beagles! hark, you slaves!”
look attentively
From this reading “Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?”
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 “QUEEN-M. My gracious lord.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you there with your beagles! hark, you slaves!
plural of “beagle” — a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
From this reading Are you there with your beagles! hark, you slaves!
stick to firmly
From this reading Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ELE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading QUEEN-M. Gentle Eleazar.
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading QUEEN-M. Gentle Eleazar.
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading QUEEN-M. My gracious lord.
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading Are you there with your beagles! hark, you slaves!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading QUEEN-M. My gracious lord.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading QUEEN-M. My gracious lord.
not one, and not any
From this reading Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading QUEEN-M. My gracious lord.
plural of “slave” — a person who is owned by someone
From this reading Are you there with your beagles! hark, you slaves!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Are you there with your beagles! hark, you slaves!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?
look attentively
From this reading Did not I bind you on your lives to watch That none disturb'd us?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Are you there with your beagles! hark, you slaves!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you there with your beagles! hark, you slaves!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you there with your beagles! hark, you slaves!
Chapter 6 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 383 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.
Chapter 6 holds 383 sentences of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
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