Chapter 2 of As You Like It is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of As You Like It is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ros. Then shal we be newes-cram'd Cel. All the better: we shalbe the more Marketable. Boon-iour Monsieur le Beu, what's the newes? Le Beu.
Chapter 2 of As You Like It is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “All the better: we shalbe the more Marketable.”
being in demand by especially employers
From this reading “All the better: we shalbe the more Marketable.”
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading “Boon-iour Monsieur le Beu, what's the newes?”
plural of “ro” — an artificial language for international use that rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas
From this reading “Ros.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All the better: we shalbe the more Marketable.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Then shal we be newes-cram'd Cel.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading All the better: we shalbe the more Marketable.
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From this reading Boon-iour Monsieur le Beu, what's the newes?
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From this reading Boon-iour Monsieur le Beu, what's the newes?
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From this reading Then shal we be newes-cram'd Cel.
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading Boon-iour Monsieur le Beu, what's the newes?
being in demand by especially employers
From this reading All the better: we shalbe the more Marketable.
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading Boon-iour Monsieur le Beu, what's the newes?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading All the better: we shalbe the more Marketable.
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From this reading Boon-iour Monsieur le Beu, what's the newes?
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From this reading Then shal we be newes-cram'd Cel.
plural of “ro” — an artificial language for international use that rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas
From this reading Ros.
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From this reading Then shal we be newes-cram'd Cel.
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From this reading All the better: we shalbe the more Marketable.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All the better: we shalbe the more Marketable.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then shal we be newes-cram'd Cel.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Then shal we be newes-cram'd Cel.
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From this reading Boon-iour Monsieur le Beu, what's the newes?
Chapter 2 of As You Like It by William Shakespeare holds 157 sentences, grouped into 32 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 2 holds 157 sentences of As You Like It, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of As You Like It by William Shakespeare exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 157 sentences, grouped into 32 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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