Chapter 4 of It May Be True, Vol. 1 (of 3) is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of It May Be True, Vol. 1 (of 3) is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue! I must ensue, Where fortune doth me lede. All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone." THE NUT BROWN MAID. Amy spent the summer holidays with her mother.
Chapter 4 of It May Be True, Vol. 1 (of 3) is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an old form of “does”
From this reading “I must ensue, Where fortune doth me lede.”
issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
From this reading “I must ensue, Where fortune doth me lede.”
run away quickly
From this reading “All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."”
plural of “holiday” — leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading “Amy spent the summer holidays with her mother.”
a female domestic
From this reading “THE NUT BROWN MAID.”
usually large hard-shelled seed
From this reading “THE NUT BROWN MAID.”
Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.
From this reading “THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!”
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading “Amy spent the summer holidays with her mother.”
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.
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In this reading “Amy spent the summer holidays with her mother.”
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From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
(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 THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
Having no one else present.
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Amy spent the summer holidays with her mother.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading THE NUT BROWN MAID.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
an old form of “does”
From this reading I must ensue, Where fortune doth me lede.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
From this reading I must ensue, Where fortune doth me lede.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
run away quickly
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading I must ensue, Where fortune doth me lede.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Amy spent the summer holidays with her mother.
plural of “holiday” — leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading Amy spent the summer holidays with her mother.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
the introductory section of a story
From this reading I must ensue, Where fortune doth me lede.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
a female domestic
From this reading THE NUT BROWN MAID.
engage in
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I must ensue, Where fortune doth me lede.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
used to form the superlative
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must ensue, Where fortune doth me lede.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
usually large hard-shelled seed
From this reading THE NUT BROWN MAID.
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 THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading Amy spent the summer holidays with her mother.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading Amy spent the summer holidays with her mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
a formal word for “on”
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
in or at the place that
From this reading I must ensue, Where fortune doth me lede.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Amy spent the summer holidays with her mother.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading All this make ye: now let us flee: The day cometh fast upon; For in my minde, of all mankynde I love but you alone."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE BOOK SHELVES "O my swete mother, before all other For you I have most drede: But now adue!
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