Chapter 9 of Every Man out of His Humour is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Every Man out of His Humour is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MIT. Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport. COR. Stay: O, here they come from seal'd and deliver'd. SCENE VI.
Chapter 9 of Every Man out of His Humour is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.”
an engineering university in Cambridge
From this reading “MIT.”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “SCENE VI.”
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading “Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “Stay: O, here they come from seal'd and deliver'd.”
not in physical motion
From this reading “Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.”
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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 Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
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From this reading Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Stay: O, here they come from seal'd and deliver'd.
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From this reading COR.
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From this reading Stay: O, here they come from seal'd and deliver'd.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Stay: O, here they come from seal'd and deliver'd.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Stay: O, here they come from seal'd and deliver'd.
an engineering university in Cambridge
From this reading MIT.
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 Stay: O, here they come from seal'd and deliver'd.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE VI.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stay: O, here they come from seal'd and deliver'd.
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Stay: O, here they come from seal'd and deliver'd.
not in physical motion
From this reading Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Stay: O, here they come from seal'd and deliver'd.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading SCENE VI.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Ay, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport.
Chapter 9 of Every Man out of His Humour by Ben Jonson holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 9 holds 408 sentences of Every Man out of His Humour, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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