Chapter 11 of Comedies and Errors is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Comedies and Errors is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt. We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins. We’ll be lucky if we get away with them intact. A pretty piece of business! Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!
Chapter 11 of Comedies and Errors is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
From this reading “Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!”
constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged
From this reading “We’ll be lucky if we get away with them intact.”
occurring by chance
From this reading “We’ll be lucky if we get away with them intact.”
a bump on a ski slope
From this reading “Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!”
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
From this reading ““And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.”
plural of “skin” — a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading “We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins.”
A high-ranking political advisor or minister to the sovereign monarch.
From this reading “Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!”
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 “Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!”
In this reading ““And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.”
In this reading ““And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.”
run away from confinement
In this reading “We’ll be lucky if we get away with them intact.”
In this reading “A pretty piece of business!”
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 A pretty piece of business!
(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 We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading We’ll be lucky if we get away with them intact.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading A pretty piece of business!
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
From this reading Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We’ll be lucky if we get away with them intact.
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We’ll be lucky if we get away with them intact.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged
From this reading We’ll be lucky if we get away with them intact.
go away from a place
From this reading We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins.
occurring by chance
From this reading We’ll be lucky if we get away with them intact.
a bump on a ski slope
From this reading Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!
a separate part of a whole
From this reading A pretty piece of business!
characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
From this reading We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading A pretty piece of business!
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
plural of “skin” — a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We’ll be lucky if we get away with them intact.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
A high-ranking political advisor or minister to the sovereign monarch.
From this reading Tsargradev, from being Grand Vizier, will become Grand Mogul; and farewell to the illustrious dynasty of Pavelovitch!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We’ll be lucky if we get away with them intact.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll all have to leave the Palace, and fly for our precious skins.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We’ll be lucky if we get away with them intact.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And within an hour of your doing so the whole town of Vescova will be in revolt.
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