Chapter 18 of Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with Some Others is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 18 of Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with Some Others is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_Exit, Enter_ ACTIO. _Actio._ Now merry might you be! Who was that that calléd me So early to-day? One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray! It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
Chapter 18 of Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with Some Others is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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an orderly arrangement
From this reading “It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!”
a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
From this reading “One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!”
to come or go into
an opening that permits escape or release
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “_Actio._ Now merry might you be!”
past form of “reside” — make one's home in a particular place or community
From this reading “One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!”
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
From this reading “One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!”
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.
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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 One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Exit, Enter_ ACTIO.
noisy quarrel
From this reading One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
an orderly arrangement
From this reading It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _Actio._ Now merry might you be!
wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
From this reading It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
From this reading One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who was that that calléd me So early to-day?
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Who was that that calléd me So early to-day?
to come or go into
From this reading [_Exit, Enter_ ACTIO.
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading [_Exit, Enter_ ACTIO.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Who was that that calléd me So early to-day?
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading _Actio._ Now merry might you be!
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading _Actio._ Now merry might you be!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
not one, and not any
From this reading It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading _Actio._ Now merry might you be!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
past form of “reside” — make one's home in a particular place or community
From this reading One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
From this reading One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Who was that that calléd me So early to-day?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading It was some knave, my brother: Beshrew him and none other For that array!
happening unexpectedly
From this reading One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Who was that that calléd me So early to-day?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who was that that calléd me So early to-day?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Who was that that calléd me So early to-day?
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
which person or people
From this reading Who was that that calléd me So early to-day?
in the company of; together with
From this reading One resided me with a bowl of water; Here was a shrewd matter, Suddenly one to affray!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Actio._ Now merry might you be!
Chapter 18 of Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with Some Others by John Stephen [Editor] Farmer holds 369 sentences, grouped into 74 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.
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