Chapter 30 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CARE. By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way. Parson, are you sure we are married? PAR. Yes, I warrant you, for their escaping.
Chapter 30 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14 is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 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.
-ing form of “escape” — run away from confinement
From this reading “Yes, I warrant you, for their escaping.”
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “Parson, are you sure we are married?”
(golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
From this reading “PAR.”
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “Parson, are you sure we are married?”
a person who is being chased
From this reading “By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.”
a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
From this reading “Yes, I warrant you, for their escaping.”
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.”
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.
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Parson, are you sure we are married?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading CARE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
-ing form of “escape” — run away from confinement
From this reading Yes, I warrant you, for their escaping.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yes, I warrant you, for their escaping.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
joined in matrimony
From this reading Parson, are you sure we are married?
(golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
From this reading PAR.
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading Parson, are you sure we are married?
a person who is being chased
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Parson, are you sure we are married?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Yes, I warrant you, for their escaping.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
From this reading Yes, I warrant you, for their escaping.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading By this hand, widow, I don't know: but we have pursued a jest a great way.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, I warrant you, for their escaping.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Parson, are you sure we are married?
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