Chapter 36 of Frank Fairlegh is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 36 of Frank Fairlegh is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.” --_Shakspeare_. “Hold! give me a pen and ink! Sirrah, can you with a grace deliver a supplication? --_Titus Andronicus_.
Chapter 36 of Frank Fairlegh is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
From this reading “Sirrah, can you with a grace deliver a supplication?”
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading “Sirrah, can you with a grace deliver a supplication?”
a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
From this reading ““Hold! give me a pen and ink!”
a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
From this reading ““Hold! give me a pen and ink!”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading ““When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.””
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading ““When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.””
a Greek disciple and helper of Saint Paul
look attentively
From this reading ““When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.””
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Hold! give me a pen and ink!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --_Titus Andronicus_.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Sirrah, can you with a grace deliver a supplication?
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
From this reading Sirrah, can you with a grace deliver a supplication?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Hold! give me a pen and ink!
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading Sirrah, can you with a grace deliver a supplication?
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Hold! give me a pen and ink!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
From this reading “Hold! give me a pen and ink!
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Hold! give me a pen and ink!
a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
From this reading “Hold! give me a pen and ink!
participate in games or sport
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --_Shakspeare_.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger
From this reading Sirrah, can you with a grace deliver a supplication?
a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
From this reading Sirrah, can you with a grace deliver a supplication?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
a Greek disciple and helper of Saint Paul
From this reading --_Titus Andronicus_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
look attentively
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
at the time that
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sirrah, can you with a grace deliver a supplication?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “When you shall please to play the thief for a wife, I'll watch as long for _you_.”
Chapter 36 of Frank Fairlegh by Frank E. (Frank Edward) Smedley holds 115 sentences, grouped into 23 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 36 holds 115 sentences of Frank Fairlegh, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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