Chapter 7 of Epicoene is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Epicoene is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation. OTT: He cannot open this too much, sir, by your favour. MOR: Yet more! TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor. CUT: The first is impedimentum erroris.
Chapter 7 of Epicoene is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading “MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.”
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “CUT: The first is impedimentum erroris.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.”
a feeling of favorable regard
From this reading “OTT: He cannot open this too much, sir, by your favour.”
plural of “impediment” — something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
From this reading “TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.”
having or showing profound knowledge
From this reading “TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.”
a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
From this reading “MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.”
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading “MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.”
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stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading OTT: He cannot open this too much, sir, by your favour.
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From this reading OTT: He cannot open this too much, sir, by your favour.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading CUT: The first is impedimentum erroris.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CUT: The first is impedimentum erroris.
a feeling of favorable regard
From this reading OTT: He cannot open this too much, sir, by your favour.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading CUT: The first is impedimentum erroris.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading OTT: He cannot open this too much, sir, by your favour.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.
plural of “impediment” — something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
From this reading TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CUT: The first is impedimentum erroris.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CUT: The first is impedimentum erroris.
having or showing profound knowledge
From this reading TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.
go away from a place
From this reading TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.
the force of workers available
From this reading TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.
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From this reading MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading MOR: Yet more!
to a great degree or extent
From this reading OTT: He cannot open this too much, sir, by your favour.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.
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 TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading OTT: He cannot open this too much, sir, by your favour.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OTT: He cannot open this too much, sir, by your favour.
term of address for a man
From this reading MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading OTT: He cannot open this too much, sir, by your favour.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading OTT: He cannot open this too much, sir, by your favour.
a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
From this reading MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading TRUE: O, you must give the learned men leave, sir.--To your impediments, master Doctor.
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.
but in spite of that
From this reading MOR: Yet more!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MOR: I understood you before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation.
Chapter 7 of Epicoene by Ben Jonson holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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 7 holds 394 sentences of Epicoene, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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