Chapter 5 of Epicoene is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Epicoene is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DAUP: O, captain. OTT: As ever the earth bare, tribus verbis. Where's master Truewit? DAW: He's slipt aside, sir. CLER: But you must drink, and be jovial.
Chapter 5 of Epicoene is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
on or to one side
From this reading “DAW: He's slipt aside, sir.”
completely unclothed
From this reading “OTT: As ever the earth bare, tribus verbis.”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “DAUP: O, captain.”
common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
From this reading “DAW: He's slipt aside, sir.”
take in liquids
From this reading “CLER: But you must drink, and be jovial.”
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading “OTT: As ever the earth bare, tribus verbis.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “CLER: But you must drink, and be jovial.”
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “Where's master Truewit?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CLER: But you must drink, and be jovial.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading OTT: As ever the earth bare, tribus verbis.
on or to one side
From this reading DAW: He's slipt aside, sir.
completely unclothed
From this reading OTT: As ever the earth bare, tribus verbis.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading CLER: But you must drink, and be jovial.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading CLER: But you must drink, and be jovial.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading DAUP: O, captain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CLER: But you must drink, and be jovial.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DAUP: O, captain.
common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
From this reading DAW: He's slipt aside, sir.
take in liquids
From this reading CLER: But you must drink, and be jovial.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading OTT: As ever the earth bare, tribus verbis.
at any time
From this reading OTT: As ever the earth bare, tribus verbis.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DAW: He's slipt aside, sir.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading CLER: But you must drink, and be jovial.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading Where's master Truewit?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading CLER: But you must drink, and be jovial.
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 DAUP: O, captain.
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From this reading OTT: As ever the earth bare, tribus verbis.
term of address for a man
From this reading DAW: He's slipt aside, sir.
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From this reading DAW: He's slipt aside, sir.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OTT: As ever the earth bare, tribus verbis.
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From this reading OTT: As ever the earth bare, tribus verbis.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where's master Truewit?
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From this reading OTT: As ever the earth bare, tribus verbis.
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From this reading Where's master Truewit?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading CLER: But you must drink, and be jovial.
Chapter 5 of Epicoene by Ben Jonson holds 390 sentences, grouped into 78 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 5 holds 390 sentences of Epicoene, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Epicoene by Ben Jonson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 390 sentences, grouped into 78 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Epicoene, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
