Chapter 9 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15 is here in full — 365 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15 is here in full — 365 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me! What's your pleasure, sir? +Don H.+ Where's your mistress, hussy? +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden. [_Exit +Flora+._ +Don H.+ My shame is certain.
Chapter 9 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15 is here in full — 365 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading “_Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me!”
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading “+Don H.+ Where's your mistress, hussy?”
an opening that permits escape or release
all the plant life in a particular region or period
From this reading “_Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me!”
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading “_Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me!”
a woman adulterer
From this reading “+Don H.+ Where's your mistress, hussy?”
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading “+Don H.+ Where's your mistress, hussy?”
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading “[_Exit +Flora+._ +Don H.+ My shame is certain.”
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 “+Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.”
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “+Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.”
In this reading “_Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me!”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading _Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me!
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading [_Exit +Flora+._ +Don H.+ My shame is certain.
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading +Don H.+ Where's your mistress, hussy?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me!
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading [_Exit +Flora+._ +Don H.+ My shame is certain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me!
all the plant life in a particular region or period
From this reading _Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me!
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading _Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me!
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading _Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me!
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading +Don H.+ Where's your mistress, hussy?
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
a woman adulterer
From this reading +Don H.+ Where's your mistress, hussy?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [_Exit +Flora+._ +Don H.+ My shame is certain.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me!
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading +Don H.+ Where's your mistress, hussy?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Enter +Flora+._ +Flo.+ My good angel guard me!
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading What's your pleasure, sir?
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading [_Exit +Flora+._ +Don H.+ My shame is certain.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
term of address for a man
From this reading What's your pleasure, sir?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's your pleasure, sir?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading +Don H.+ Where's your mistress, hussy?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading +Flo.+ She told me, sir, about half an hour since, She would go down into the garden.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What's your pleasure, sir?
Chapter 9 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15 by Robert Dodsley holds 365 sentences, grouped into 73 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 9 holds 365 sentences of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15, unabridged, divided into 73 reading sections.
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