Chapter 4 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 01 of 10 is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 01 of 10 is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Hip._ D'ye jeer me now ye are going? I may live yet--to make you howl both. _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time. _Hip._ No means yet left me? For now I burst with anger: none to satisfie me?
Chapter 4 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 01 of 10 is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 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.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading “For now I burst with anger: none to satisfie me?”
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading “For now I burst with anger: none to satisfie me?”
metal shackles; for hands or legs
From this reading “_Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.”
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading “_Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.”
either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
emit long loud cries
From this reading “I may live yet--to make you howl both.”
laugh at with contempt and derision
From this reading “_Hip._ D'ye jeer me now ye are going?”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “_Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading For now I burst with anger: none to satisfie me?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Hip._ D'ye jeer me now ye are going?
the two together, not just one
From this reading I may live yet--to make you howl both.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading For now I burst with anger: none to satisfie me?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
metal shackles; for hands or legs
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Hip._ D'ye jeer me now ye are going?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For now I burst with anger: none to satisfie me?
the act of departing
From this reading _Hip._ D'ye jeer me now ye are going?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
From this reading _Hip._ D'ye jeer me now ye are going?
emit long loud cries
From this reading I may live yet--to make you howl both.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I may live yet--to make you howl both.
laugh at with contempt and derision
From this reading _Hip._ D'ye jeer me now ye are going?
the sound of laughing
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading _Hip._ No means yet left me?
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I may live yet--to make you howl both.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
engage in
From this reading I may live yet--to make you howl both.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I may live yet--to make you howl both.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Hip._ D'ye jeer me now ye are going?
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading _Hip._ No means yet left me?
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
not any; not one
From this reading _Hip._ No means yet left me?
not one, and not any
From this reading For now I burst with anger: none to satisfie me?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading _Hip._ D'ye jeer me now ye are going?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
possession of controlling influence
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For now I burst with anger: none to satisfie me?
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I may live yet--to make you howl both.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For now I burst with anger: none to satisfie me?
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading _Hip._ D'ye jeer me now ye are going?
but in spite of that
From this reading I may live yet--to make you howl both.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I may live yet--to make you howl both.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Zab._ You might have done; you had power then, But now the chains are off, the command lost, And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time.
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