Chapter 11 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10 is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10 is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Ant._ Do you hear conjurer, Dare you venture your Devil? _Vec._ Yes. _Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew? _Enter all._ _Vec._ Hold. _Pet._ Hold there, I do command you hold.
Chapter 11 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10 is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
From this reading “_Ant._ Do you hear conjurer, Dare you venture your Devil?”
A short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a stealth weapon.
From this reading “_Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?”
plural of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “_Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?”
cry like a cat
From this reading “_Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?”
liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
From this reading “_Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?”
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
From this reading “_Ant._ Do you hear conjurer, Dare you venture your Devil?”
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.
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.
(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 _Enter all._ _Vec._ Hold.
social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
From this reading _Ant._ Do you hear conjurer, Dare you venture your Devil?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading _Pet._ Hold there, I do command you hold.
someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
From this reading _Ant._ Do you hear conjurer, Dare you venture your Devil?
A short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a stealth weapon.
From this reading _Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading _Ant._ Do you hear conjurer, Dare you venture your Devil?
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading _Ant._ Do you hear conjurer, Dare you venture your Devil?
plural of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading _Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading _Ant._ Do you hear conjurer, Dare you venture your Devil?
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter all._ _Vec._ Hold.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading _Ant._ Do you hear conjurer, Dare you venture your Devil?
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading _Enter all._ _Vec._ Hold.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Pet._ Hold there, I do command you hold.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?
cry like a cat
From this reading _Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?
liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
From this reading _Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
From this reading _Pet._ Hold there, I do command you hold.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading _Ant._ Then I'll venture my dagger; Have at your Devils pate; do you mew?
in or at that place or location
From this reading _Pet._ Hold there, I do command you hold.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Vec._ Yes.
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
From this reading _Ant._ Do you hear conjurer, Dare you venture your Devil?
an affirmative
From this reading _Vec._ Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Ant._ Do you hear conjurer, Dare you venture your Devil?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Ant._ Do you hear conjurer, Dare you venture your Devil?
Chapter 11 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10 by Francis Beaumont holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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 11 holds 394 sentences of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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