Chapter 11 of Every Man out of His Humour is here in full — 470 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Every Man out of His Humour is here in full — 470 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONS. O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory. RE-ENTER GEORGE AND DRAWER. FAST. Peremptory!
Chapter 11 of Every Man out of His Humour is here in full — 470 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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react verbally
From this reading “O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.”
an occurrence of something
From this reading “O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.”
plural of “con” — an argument opposed to a proposal
From this reading “CONS.”
a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
From this reading “RE-ENTER GEORGE AND DRAWER.”
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading “FAST.”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “RE-ENTER GEORGE AND DRAWER.”
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading “O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.”
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
From this reading “O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
react verbally
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
an occurrence of something
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
plural of “con” — an argument opposed to a proposal
From this reading CONS.
a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
From this reading RE-ENTER GEORGE AND DRAWER.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading FAST.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading RE-ENTER GEORGE AND DRAWER.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
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, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
enter again
From this reading RE-ENTER GEORGE AND DRAWER.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
term of address for a man
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O, sir, you see he is not in case to answer you, and that makes you so peremptory.
Chapter 11 of Every Man out of His Humour by Ben Jonson holds 470 sentences, grouped into 94 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.
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