Chapter 2 of Ponteach is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Ponteach is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COCKUM. Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country. Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal. PONTEACH. So ho!
Chapter 2 of Ponteach is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/71 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
From this reading “Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.”
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.”
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading “Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.”
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading “Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.”
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading “Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.”
(informal) very unpleasant
From this reading “Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.”
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading “Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.”
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading “Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.”
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(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 Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
exhale hard
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
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From this reading COCKUM.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
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From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
refrain from doing
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
(informal) very unpleasant
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading So ho!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
an impudent statement
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
go away from a place
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
a particular point in time
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
not any; not one
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PONTEACH.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So ho!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Let me hear no more of your hellish Clamour, Or to D----n I will blow you all, And feast the Devil with one hearty Meal.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Forbear your Impudence, you curs'd old Thief; This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country.
Chapter 2 of Ponteach by Robert Rogers holds 355 sentences, grouped into 71 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 2 holds 355 sentences of Ponteach, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
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