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Chapter 6 of Every Man in His Humor is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Wel. Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good. Mat. O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir. They were good in the morning: I made them ex tempore this morning.
Chapter 6 of Every Man in His Humor is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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your usual mood
From this reading “O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.”
very good; of the highest quality
From this reading “Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.”
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.”
a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
From this reading “Mat.”
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.”
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading “O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.”
plural of “verse” — literature in metrical form
From this reading “Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
your usual mood
From this reading O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.
a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
From this reading They were good in the morning: I made them ex tempore this morning.
very good; of the highest quality
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading They were good in the morning: I made them ex tempore this morning.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were good in the morning: I made them ex tempore this morning.
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From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.
a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
From this reading Mat.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading They were good in the morning: I made them ex tempore this morning.
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, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
express in words
From this reading O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
term of address for a man
From this reading O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They were good in the morning: I made them ex tempore this morning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They were good in the morning: I made them ex tempore this morning.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They were good in the morning: I made them ex tempore this morning.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading They were good in the morning: I made them ex tempore this morning.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.
plural of “verse” — literature in metrical form
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were good in the morning: I made them ex tempore this morning.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
which person or people
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sister, what have you here, verses? pray you let's see: who made these verses? they are excellent good.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O, Master Wellbred, 'tis your disposition to say so, sir.
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