Chapter 18 of Daireen. Complete is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 18 of Daireen. Complete is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Polonius_. What treasure had he, my lord? _Hamlet_. Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.” O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
Chapter 18 of Daireen. Complete is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a female human offspring
From this reading “Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.””
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading “Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.””
a community of people smaller than a village
held dear
From this reading “Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.””
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading “Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.””
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....”
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading “What treasure had he, my lord?”
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.
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In this reading “O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....”
In this reading “Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.”
a female human offspring
From this reading Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What treasure had he, my lord?
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading _Hamlet_.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What treasure had he, my lord?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
immediately past
From this reading O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading What treasure had he, my lord?
held dear
From this reading Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading What treasure had he, my lord?
not any; not one
From this reading Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.”
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.”
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Polonius_.
cut with a saw
From this reading O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
from a time in the past until now
From this reading O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading What treasure had he, my lord?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O my old friend, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last....
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What treasure had he, my lord?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, “One fair daughter and no more, The which he loved passing well.”
Chapter 18 of Daireen. Complete by Frank Frankfort Moore holds 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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 18 holds 145 sentences of Daireen. Complete, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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