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Chapter 6 of Robert Greene: [Six Plays] is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Robert Greene: [Six Plays] is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_First Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf. But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got. _Master._ March to the haven, merchants; I follow you. [_Exeunt_ Merchants. _Jonas_ [_aside_].
Chapter 6 of Robert Greene: [Six Plays] is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as “on behalf of” rather than “in behalf of”)
From this reading “_First Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf.”
a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
From this reading “_Master._ March to the haven, merchants; I follow you.”
for this reason
From this reading “But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.”
march in a procession
From this reading “_Master._ March to the haven, merchants; I follow you.”
plural of “merchant” — a businessperson engaged in retail trade
From this reading “_Master._ March to the haven, merchants; I follow you.”
move stealthily
From this reading “But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “_First Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf.”
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading “But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.”
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 Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
on or to one side
From this reading _Jonas_ [_aside_].
as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as “on behalf of” rather than “in behalf of”)
From this reading _First Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Exeunt_ Merchants.
a boy or man
From this reading _First Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading _First Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading _Master._ March to the haven, merchants; I follow you.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
only a very short time before
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
From this reading _Master._ March to the haven, merchants; I follow you.
for this reason
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Master._ March to the haven, merchants; I follow you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _First Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Jonas_ [_aside_].
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
march in a procession
From this reading _Master._ March to the haven, merchants; I follow you.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading _Master._ March to the haven, merchants; I follow you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _First Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf.
plural of “merchant” — a businessperson engaged in retail trade
From this reading _Master._ March to the haven, merchants; I follow you.
not one, and not any
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading _First Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf.
move stealthily
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
From this reading _First Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Master._ March to the haven, merchants; I follow you.
an old word for “yours”
From this reading _First Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf.
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Master._ March to the haven, merchants; I follow you.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
(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 _First Mer._ Well spoken, fellow, in thine own behalf.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But let us hence: wind tarries none, you wot, And tide and time let slip is hardly got.
Chapter 6 of Robert Greene: [Six Plays] by Robert Greene holds 334 sentences, grouped into 67 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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