Chapter 11 of Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EVERYMAN. Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee. GOODS. Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly. EVERYMAN.
Chapter 11 of Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/76 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
Difficulties; misfortune and hardship faced with courage.
From this reading “Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.”
a lawyer who pleads cases in court
From this reading “Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.”
the ordinary person
From this reading “EVERYMAN.”
plural of “good” — benefit
From this reading “GOODS.”
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading “Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.”
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading “Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.”
act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
From this reading “Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.”
for a short time
From this reading “Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.”
In this reading “Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
Difficulties; misfortune and hardship faced with courage.
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
a lawyer who pleads cases in court
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
the ordinary person
From this reading EVERYMAN.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
plural of “good” — benefit
From this reading GOODS.
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
for a short time
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
term of address for a man
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Come hither, Good, in all the haste thou may, For of counsel I must desire thee.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
a source of difficulty
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity, Then can I help you to remedy shortly.
Chapter 11 of Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Alfred W. (Alfred William) [Commentator] Pollard holds 381 sentences, grouped into 77 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 11 holds 381 sentences of Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Alfred W. (Alfred William) [Commentator] Pollard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 381 sentences, grouped into 77 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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