Chapter 10 of Sejanus: His Fall is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Sejanus: His Fall is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ENGINER, engineer, deviser, plotter. ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious. ENGROSS, monopolise. ENS, an existing thing, a substance. ENSIGNS, tokens, wounds.
Chapter 10 of Sejanus: His Fall is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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marked by skill in deception
From this reading “ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious.”
an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase “left to your own devices”
From this reading “ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious.”
devote (oneself) fully to
From this reading “ENGROSS, monopolise.”
presently existing
From this reading “ENS, an existing thing, a substance.”
Clever, original, and remarkably inventive in design and execution.
From this reading “ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious.”
a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
From this reading “ENGINER, engineer, deviser, plotter.”
plural of “token” — an individual instance of a type of symbol
From this reading “ENSIGNS, tokens, wounds.”
combining clever conception and facetious expression
From this reading “ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious.”
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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 ENS, an existing thing, a substance.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading ENS, an existing thing, a substance.
marked by skill in deception
From this reading ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious.
an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase “left to your own devices”
From this reading ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious.
a person who makes plans
From this reading ENGINER, engineer, deviser, plotter.
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
From this reading ENGINER, engineer, deviser, plotter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ENGINER, engineer, deviser, plotter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious.
devote (oneself) fully to
From this reading ENGROSS, monopolise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ENS, an existing thing, a substance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ENSIGNS, tokens, wounds.
presently existing
From this reading ENS, an existing thing, a substance.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious.
Clever, original, and remarkably inventive in design and execution.
From this reading ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious.
have and control fully and exclusively
From this reading ENGROSS, monopolise.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious.
a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
From this reading ENGINER, engineer, deviser, plotter.
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
From this reading ENS, an existing thing, a substance.
a special situation
From this reading ENS, an existing thing, a substance.
plural of “token” — an individual instance of a type of symbol
From this reading ENSIGNS, tokens, wounds.
combining clever conception and facetious expression
From this reading ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious.
plural of “wound” — an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading ENSIGNS, tokens, wounds.
Chapter 10 of Sejanus: His Fall by Ben Jonson holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 10 holds 416 sentences of Sejanus: His Fall, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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