Chapter 2 of Comedies by Holberg is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Comedies by Holberg is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JEPPE. Hey! he--y! he--y! Here's to you, and here's to me, And here's to all the company! JACOB. Won't you drink the bailiff's health?
Chapter 2 of Comedies by Holberg is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “Here's to you, and here's to me, And here's to all the company!”
take in liquids
From this reading “Won't you drink the bailiff's health?”
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading “Won't you drink the bailiff's health?”
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
From this reading “JACOB.”
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(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 Here's to you, and here's to me, And here's to all the company!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here's to you, and here's to me, And here's to all the company!
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From this reading Won't you drink the bailiff's health?
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading Here's to you, and here's to me, And here's to all the company!
take in liquids
From this reading Won't you drink the bailiff's health?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hey! he--y! he--y!
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading Won't you drink the bailiff's health?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here's to you, and here's to me, And here's to all the company!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hey! he--y! he--y!
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
From this reading JACOB.
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From this reading JEPPE.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Here's to you, and here's to me, And here's to all the company!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here's to you, and here's to me, And here's to all the company!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here's to you, and here's to me, And here's to all the company!
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From this reading Won't you drink the bailiff's health?
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading Hey! he--y! he--y!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Here's to you, and here's to me, And here's to all the company!
Chapter 2 of Comedies by Holberg by Ludvig Holberg holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 2 holds 424 sentences of Comedies by Holberg, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Comedies by Holberg by Ludvig Holberg exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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