Chapter 4 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 09 of 10 is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 09 of 10 is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Enter_ Crocale. _Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands. We are those _Portugals_ you talk'd of. _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death. _Tib._ Our Ship by this Wine.
Chapter 4 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 09 of 10 is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/71 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
to come or go into
plural of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “_Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.”
a column of light (as from a beacon)
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
From this reading “_Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.”
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading “_Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.”
except if; if not
From this reading “_Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.”
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading “_Tib._ Our Ship by this Wine.”
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.
In this reading “_Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are those _Portugals_ you talk'd of.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Tib._ Our Ship by this Wine.
electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
From this reading _Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Enter_ Crocale.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter_ Crocale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
plural of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading _Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading _Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading _Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
not one, and not any
From this reading _Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We are those _Portugals_ you talk'd of.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We are those _Portugals_ you talk'd of.
a column of light (as from a beacon)
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
From this reading _Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.
transport commercially
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We are those _Portugals_ you talk'd of.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Tib._ Our Ship by this Wine.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We are those _Portugals_ you talk'd of.
a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
From this reading _Tib._ Our Ship by this Wine.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
except if; if not
From this reading _Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading _Ray._ Stay, I met upon the Sea in a tall Ship Two _Portugals_, famish'd almost to death.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We are those _Portugals_ you talk'd of.
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading _Tib._ Our Ship by this Wine.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Cro._ None, unless you shew us Our long lost Husbands.
Chapter 4 of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 09 of 10 by Francis Beaumont holds 359 sentences, grouped into 72 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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