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Chapter 5 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 06 of 10 is here in full — 370 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Nen._ They are _Roman_ Rogues, Taken a Forraging. _Car._ Is that all, _Nennius_? _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em. _Nen._ Are they not enemies? _1 Sol._ My breech makes buttons.
Chapter 5 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 06 of 10 is here in full — 370 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
From this reading “_1 Sol._ My breech makes buttons.”
plural of “button” — a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading “_1 Sol._ My breech makes buttons.”
plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading “_Nen._ Are they not enemies?”
to certain extent or degree
From this reading “_Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “_Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.”
plural of “rogue” — a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “_Nen._ They are _Roman_ Rogues, Taken a Forraging.”
relating to or characteristic of people of Rome
a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
From this reading “_1 Sol._ My breech makes buttons.”
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From this reading _1 Sol._ My breech makes buttons.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Nen._ They are _Roman_ Rogues, Taken a Forraging.
(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 _Car._ Is that all, _Nennius_?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Nen._ They are _Roman_ Rogues, Taken a Forraging.
opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
From this reading _1 Sol._ My breech makes buttons.
plural of “button” — a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading _1 Sol._ My breech makes buttons.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading _Car._ Is that all, _Nennius_?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
a quad with a square body
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading _Nen._ Are they not enemies?
to certain extent or degree
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Nen._ They are _Roman_ Rogues, Taken a Forraging.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Car._ Is that all, _Nennius_?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading _1 Sol._ My breech makes buttons.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _1 Sol._ My breech makes buttons.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Nen._ They are _Roman_ Rogues, Taken a Forraging.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Car._ Is that all, _Nennius_?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Nen._ Are they not enemies?
plural of “rogue” — a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading _Nen._ They are _Roman_ Rogues, Taken a Forraging.
relating to or characteristic of people of Rome
From this reading _Nen._ They are _Roman_ Rogues, Taken a Forraging.
a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
From this reading _1 Sol._ My breech makes buttons.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading _Nen._ They are _Roman_ Rogues, Taken a Forraging.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Car._ Is that all, _Nennius_?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Nen._ They are _Roman_ Rogues, Taken a Forraging.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Jud._ Would I were fairly hang'd; this is the devil, The kill-cow, _Caratach_, _Car._ And you would hang 'em.
Chapter 5 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 06 of 10 by Francis Beaumont holds 370 sentences, grouped into 74 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.
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