Chapter 23 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Enter_ CAPTAIN. CAPT. 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours. Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool. 'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.
Chapter 23 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
to come or go into
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.”
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading “Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.”
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading “'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.”
doomed to extinction
From this reading “'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.”
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading “'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.”
male cat
From this reading “Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.”
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 “'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.”
In this reading “'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.”
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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAPT.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading _Enter_ CAPTAIN.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter_ CAPTAIN.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading 'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading 'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading 'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.
doomed to extinction
From this reading 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading 'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
male cat
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading 'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.
(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 'Tis well you are at London, where you know the way home.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
in or at the place that
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Death! you might ha' left word where you went, and not put me to hunt like Tom Fool.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.
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