Chapter 22 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_. JOLLY. So, the storm is laid! I must have those pearls. She shoved me away with her mouth!
Chapter 22 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 382 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.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “[JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_.”
plural of “kiss” — the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
set down according to a plan
From this reading “So, the storm is laid!”
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading “She shoved me away with her mouth!”
plural of “pearl” — a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading “I must have those pearls.”
past form of “shove” — come into rough contact with while moving
From this reading “She shoved me away with her mouth!”
plural of “shove” — the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)
From this reading “[JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_.”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “So, the storm is laid!”
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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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading [JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I must have those pearls.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I must have those pearls.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So, the storm is laid!
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading [JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_.
plural of “kiss” — the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading [JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_.
set down according to a plan
From this reading So, the storm is laid!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She shoved me away with her mouth!
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading [JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must have those pearls.
plural of “pearl” — a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading I must have those pearls.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_.
past form of “shove” — come into rough contact with while moving
From this reading She shoved me away with her mouth!
plural of “shove” — the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)
From this reading [JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, the storm is laid!
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading So, the storm is laid!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So, the storm is laid!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I must have those pearls.
in the company of; together with
From this reading [JOLLY _kisses her, and she shoves him away with her mouth_.
Chapter 22 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 382 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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