Chapter 8 of Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws is here in full — 364 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws is here in full — 364 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
35. ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’ 36. He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man. 37.
Chapter 8 of Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws is here in full — 364 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’”
a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II
From this reading “‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’”
armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
From this reading “He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.”
excessively
From this reading “‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’”
a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
From this reading “‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’”
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.”
an established line of travel or access
From this reading “‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’”
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading “‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’”
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From this reading 35.
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From this reading 36.
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From this reading 37.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
(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 He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
excessively
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
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From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
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From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
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From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
used to form the superlative
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
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From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
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From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
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From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
an established line of travel or access
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
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From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
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From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
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From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
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From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
in or at the place that
From this reading He toke hys sweard and hys buckler, And among them all he ran, Where the people were most in prece He smote downe many a man.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Lever I had,’ sayde Wyllyam, ‘With my sworde in the route to renne, Then here among myne enemyes wode Thus cruelly to bren.’
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