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Chapter 10 of Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with Some Others is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps? If you were well served your head would have some raps. _Adul._ I spake of good will. _Insol._ Nay, fight not, good Avarice! _Oppr._ What any of us getteth, thou hast the chief price.
Chapter 10 of Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with Some Others is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
From this reading “_Insol._ Nay, fight not, good Avarice!”
provide as food
From this reading “_Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?”
inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
From this reading “_Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “_Oppr._ What any of us getteth, thou hast the chief price.”
an awkward stupid person
From this reading “_Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “_Insol._ Nay, fight not, good Avarice!”
plural of “rap” — a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
From this reading “If you were well served your head would have some raps.”
food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
From this reading “_Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Adul._ I spake of good will.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading _Oppr._ What any of us getteth, thou hast the chief price.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
From this reading _Insol._ Nay, fight not, good Avarice!
a person who is in charge
From this reading _Oppr._ What any of us getteth, thou hast the chief price.
heavy and dull and stupid
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
provide as food
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading _Insol._ Nay, fight not, good Avarice!
inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Oppr._ What any of us getteth, thou hast the chief price.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading _Adul._ I spake of good will.
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading _Oppr._ What any of us getteth, thou hast the chief price.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If you were well served your head would have some raps.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading If you were well served your head would have some raps.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Adul._ I spake of good will.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you were well served your head would have some raps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Insol._ Nay, fight not, good Avarice!
an awkward stupid person
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
an old word for “no”
From this reading _Insol._ Nay, fight not, good Avarice!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Insol._ Nay, fight not, good Avarice!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Adul._ I spake of good will.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Oppr._ What any of us getteth, thou hast the chief price.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading _Oppr._ What any of us getteth, thou hast the chief price.
a note appended to a letter after the signature
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
plural of “rap” — a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
From this reading If you were well served your head would have some raps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
past form of “serve” — serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading If you were well served your head would have some raps.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading If you were well served your head would have some raps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Adul._ I spake of good will.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Oppr._ What any of us getteth, thou hast the chief price.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading _Oppr._ What any of us getteth, thou hast the chief price.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Oppr._ What any of us getteth, thou hast the chief price.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading If you were well served your head would have some raps.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If you were well served your head would have some raps.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Oppr._ What any of us getteth, thou hast the chief price.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _Adul._ I spake of good will.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If you were well served your head would have some raps.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Avar._ Scr[a]ps? ye doltish lout! feed you your founder with scraps?
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