Chapter 15 of Original Plays, Second Series is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Original Plays, Second Series is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Gret._ Thy love for me comes of thy faith in me? Gottfried! Let thy love die! Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood! Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
Chapter 15 of Original Plays, Second Series is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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produce or yield flowers
From this reading “Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.”
a false statement
From this reading “Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!”
plural of “feed” — food for domestic livestock
From this reading “Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!”
large in amount or extent or degree
From this reading “Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.”
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading “Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!”
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
From this reading “Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!”
any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
From this reading “Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.”
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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be sustained by
In this reading “Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!”
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.
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
produce or yield flowers
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading _Gret._ Thy love for me comes of thy faith in me?
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Let thy love die!
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading _Gret._ Thy love for me comes of thy faith in me?
a false statement
From this reading Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!
plural of “feed” — food for domestic livestock
From this reading Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Gret._ Thy love for me comes of thy faith in me?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
large in amount or extent or degree
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gottfried!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Gret._ Thy love for me comes of thy faith in me?
an old form of “has”
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!
the state of being honored
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Gret._ Thy love for me comes of thy faith in me?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let thy love die!
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading _Gret._ Thy love for me comes of thy faith in me?
the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Gret._ Thy love for me comes of thy faith in me?
not any; not one
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Gret._ Thy love for me comes of thy faith in me?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
an old word for “yours”
From this reading Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading _Gret._ Thy love for me comes of thy faith in me?
a fact that has been verified
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
From this reading Uproot it from thine heart; It feeds on falsehood!
any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
From this reading Oh, uproot the weed; It hath no place amid the God-grown flowers-- Truth, steadfast honour, simple manliness-- That blossom in that goodly garden-land.
Chapter 15 of Original Plays, Second Series by W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert holds 383 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 15 holds 383 sentences of Original Plays, Second Series, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Original Plays, Second Series by W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 383 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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