Chapter 11 of Plays, Written by Sir John Vanbrugh, Volume the First is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Plays, Written by Sir John Vanbrugh, Volume the First is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Lady Brute. _I swear----_ _Bel._ _O fye!_ Lady Brute. _I'm all Obedience. First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute. _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
Chapter 11 of Plays, Written by Sir John Vanbrugh, Volume the First is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/76 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading “Lady Brute.”
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading “First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.”
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
From this reading “_I'm all Obedience.”
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading “_We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.”
correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
From this reading “_We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.”
coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
From this reading “First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.”
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading “_I swear----_ _Bel._ _O fye!_ Lady Brute.”
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 “First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
(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 _I'm all Obedience.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
From this reading _I swear----_ _Bel._ _O fye!_ Lady Brute.
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading Lady Brute.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
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From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
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From this reading _I swear----_ _Bel._ _O fye!_ Lady Brute.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _I swear----_ _Bel._ _O fye!_ Lady Brute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _I'm all Obedience.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Lady Brute.
an old word for “no”
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
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 _I swear----_ _Bel._ _O fye!_ Lady Brute.
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
From this reading _I'm all Obedience.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
express in speech
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading _I swear----_ _Bel._ _O fye!_ Lady Brute.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading First then, know all, before our Doom is fixt, The Third Day is for us----_ _Bel._ _Nay, and the Sixth._ Lady Brute.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _We speak not from the Poet now, nor is it His Cause--(I want a Rhyme)_ _Bel._ _That we sollicit._ Lady Brute.
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