Chapter 8 of All for Love is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of All for Love is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VENTIDIUS. No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman. DOLABELLA. Know you his business? VENTIDIUS.
Chapter 8 of All for Love is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “Know you his business?”
a person who has been freed from slavery
From this reading “No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Know you his business?”
not one, and not any
From this reading “No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.”
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading “No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.”
that is looked for
From this reading “No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.”
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a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Know you his business?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DOLABELLA.
a person who has been freed from slavery
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
Greek astronomer and mathematician who discovered the precession of the equinoxes and made the first known star chart and is said to have invented trigonometry (second century BC)
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Know you his business?
not any; not one
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
not one, and not any
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
that is looked for
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VENTIDIUS.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
in the company of; together with
From this reading No. I sought him; but I heard that he was private, None with him but Hipparchus, his freedman.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Know you his business?
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