Chapter 9 of Comedies by Holberg is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Comedies by Holberg is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PEER. When do you expect him home? JEPPE. To-day or to-morrow. Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
Chapter 9 of Comedies by Holberg is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
From this reading “Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.”
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.”
take in liquids
From this reading “Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.”
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “When do you expect him home?”
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
From this reading “PEER.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.”
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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 Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
dearly loved
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading When do you expect him home?
take in liquids
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading When do you expect him home?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When do you expect him home?
where you live at a particular time
From this reading When do you expect him home?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JEPPE.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
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From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading To-day or to-morrow.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
From this reading PEER.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
express in words
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-day or to-morrow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-day or to-morrow.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
at the time that
From this reading When do you expect him home?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Wait a bit, my dear Peer; I will run and tell Nille to bring us out a drink of ale.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When do you expect him home?
Chapter 9 of Comedies by Holberg by Ludvig Holberg holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 9 holds 437 sentences of Comedies by Holberg, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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